it smokes alil when i start up but goes away after a few secs. so should i just replace the valve cover and plug and plug wires. only reason im changin distibutor is cuz of it being old. so it either a bad pston ring or valve cover gasket
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it smokes alil when i start up but goes away after a few secs. so should i just replace the valve cover and plug and plug wires. only reason im changin distibutor is cuz of it being old. so it either a bad pston ring or valve cover gasket
and after i run fr the day or a couple mile and sitts it dont smoke after wards it only smokes when it cold and i turn on my defroster which i thought was normal
The defroster has nothing to do with engine smoke.
You didn't answer though... oil on top of the plug, or on the electrode?
ok i think electrode cus when i pull the plus wire up it was on the plus til i pulled it
plug i mean
just asking cuz i got all the parts like plugs plug wires and the valve gasket but dont know if i need any more parts
Here, this diagram might help:
[IMG]http://www.ngk.com.au/images/sparkplug_anatomy.jpg[/IMG]
it wasnt on the plug oit was around the plug wire it got on the plug top when i pull th plug wire off
So, prior to unscrewing the plug, oil is located on the electrode itself?
Eight posts to get to this...
[quote=csl177;979337]Eight posts to get to this...[/quote]
You used a meme image? Are you sure you are not 30 years younger than you say? Props to not being young at heart/not crotchety!
Sometimes words fail me... and who [I]wouldn't[/I] be crotchety with this guy? ;)
[quote=pimento;979322]Here, this diagram might help:
[IMG]http://www.ngk.com.au/images/sparkplug_anatomy.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
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I think some time spent here should help too.
Play nice, children.. :p
[quote=scorch_900;979333]it wasnt on the plug oit was around the plug wire it got on the plug top when i pull th plug wire off[/quote]
The best way to find the leak would be to clean everything up so it's all shiny and nice, then run it a bit so the you can see where it's coming from.
so i have a 98 ford escort zx2 and I've been experience problems with it starting, it will start easily the first time each day but if I drive somewhere and shut it off and try to fire it back up it either struggles to start or wont fire up unless I let it sit for a little. I changed the spark plugs and noticed oil on cylinder 1 and 3 can this be what is causing my problem and if so what is causing this to happen thanks in advance for any help