Trying to rule out a leaky spark plug, any help? With pictures:)
03-30-2019, 05:29 PM
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Trying to rule out a leaky spark plug, any help? With pictures:)
Hey Guys!
My engine used to only create white smoke upon high revs from the right side (not exhaust) but now does so every time I daily drive it. I took a look at the engine and here's what I saw:
https://imgur.com/a/VxDwr5Q
The last picture is from down under, hopefully the spark plug arrow provides context.
The second spark plug area is very clean so I think that the oil is dripping from there? Not sure if this is a head-gasket sealing issue but since its mid-engine, redoing it would be sorta hard, especially for a beginner. Lost and any help would be great
My engine used to only create white smoke upon high revs from the right side (not exhaust) but now does so every time I daily drive it. I took a look at the engine and here's what I saw:
https://imgur.com/a/VxDwr5Q
The last picture is from down under, hopefully the spark plug arrow provides context.
The second spark plug area is very clean so I think that the oil is dripping from there? Not sure if this is a head-gasket sealing issue but since its mid-engine, redoing it would be sorta hard, especially for a beginner. Lost and any help would be great
03-30-2019, 05:47 PM
#2
The coil pack bolts are missing in that first picture...did you take them out yourself before taking the pic?
Edit: Actually I see them in the second pic. The rubber seals on the coil pack could still be bad though, they don't age well
Edit: Actually I see them in the second pic. The rubber seals on the coil pack could still be bad though, they don't age well
03-30-2019, 06:24 PM
#3
The spark plug isn't leaking, The plastic tube inside is leaking--it's cracked or has a bad seal. If you take the coil out and the spark plug and reach in with a finger, you'll probably find that it's really oily in there. Getting the old tube out can be difficult & you don't want it to break, it will shed small shards of plastic if you do. Good luck.
04-04-2019, 09:55 PM
#5
Its probably the spark plug tubes.
I had to do this over the winter.
The tubes where fine, but the oring seals where old.
Pics here:
Cylinders 3-2-1
Cylinders 4-5-6
I had to do this over the winter.
The tubes where fine, but the oring seals where old.
Pics here:
Cylinders 3-2-1
Cylinders 4-5-6
04-05-2019, 09:50 AM
#6
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I did the plug tubes on my '01. It wasn't a difficult, but it was fiddly at times. I also did spark plugs and coils at the same time. The first one took me 30 or 45 minutes while I figured it all out. By the end I was doing coil, plug, and tube in about 10 minutes.
The new plug tubes are *tight*, which is how they should be. I eventually settled on the method of greasing the o-rings, inserting them as far as possible with my hand, and then putting the butt end of a claw hammer against it and seating it with a few taps on the head of the hammer with a rubber mallet.
The new plug tubes are *tight*, which is how they should be. I eventually settled on the method of greasing the o-rings, inserting them as far as possible with my hand, and then putting the butt end of a claw hammer against it and seating it with a few taps on the head of the hammer with a rubber mallet.
