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Offline mikewb

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spark plugs
« on: January 08, 2008, 07:05:37 pm »
what is the problem if my spark plugs have a kind of orange glaze on one side of them
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Offline mikewb

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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2008, 07:08:54 pm »
kind of pink i guess
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Offline greenmonster

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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2008, 07:12:40 pm »
When was the last tune up. Do you us any aditives in your gas.
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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2008, 07:19:24 pm »
its been a little while but not that long and i dont drive it daily. and no ive not poured anything in it since these plugs. been having small problem. feels like a missfire. soo just checking to see.
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Offline greenmonster

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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2008, 07:22:11 pm »
It may be running lean.I have never seen orangeish or pinkish color on plugs.
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Offline greenmonster

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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2008, 07:23:05 pm »
Did you just put the carb on or do any other changes.
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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2008, 07:23:49 pm »
post pix. Are all of them the same?
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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2008, 07:25:05 pm »
The real help has arived. VILE!!
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Offline mikewb

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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2008, 07:30:23 pm »
well i pulled the front one out of each side. and they were the same didnt pull the others out. And no i havent made any changes. i just put a new trans in and every since then it hasnt ran right
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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2008, 07:38:33 pm »
when you put the new trans in did you tilt the engine unsupported? Maybe the distributor cap hit the firewall (crack)? did you knock a vacuum hose off?
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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2008, 07:49:35 pm »
ive pulled the cap and everything everything looks legit. but at idle it  has a small shake not real noticeable. but going down the road if i punch it under load it misses and sometimes backfires
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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2008, 07:53:44 pm »
and it's ever since you replaced your trans? Double check your cap and your connections/wires
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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2008, 08:14:52 pm »
i dont that. pulled each one checked em. pulled the cap checked for cracks cleaned it out. checked rotor.  im starting to think it might be my carburetor but dont know a lot about this edelbroc
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Offline Fordeatinz71

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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2008, 10:58:00 pm »
honestly it sounds like a vacuum leak.  you should try spraying starting fluid (or something similar) around the base of the intake...see if the idle changes.  i'd bet it's a blown intake gasket...maybe around the back of the motor...i'd spray on the intake as well, to make sure there's no hairline cracks that you can't see with the naked eye...
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Re: spark plugs
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2008, 03:50:23 pm »
ok ill check it out. now that you say something when i was washing the motor i noticed it change tone.
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