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white corrosive stuff on spark plug

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I have massive white stuff on two of my spark plugs. I rest of them where wet. Two of the wet spark plugs had bad spark plug wires. Car will not turn over. Any ideas? :mad:
 
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Thanks for the guide. It was helpful and I learned much, but my spark plugs do not fit those.

Here are three of my spark plugs. Look at the middle one at the base of the head. It is white and rusty looking. It did not look like this three weeks ago.

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Thanks,
Clinton
 
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Somehow your getting moisture on your plugs. Not from the combustion chamber but the other side. Did you wash your motor or something?

FYI if you do you have to have the car running/hot to make sure water does not settle anywhere in your engine bay.

Can't see much but I do see the rust. Are you loosing coolant or overheating?
 
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Kibwe Walker said:
Somehow your getting moisture on your plugs. Not from the combustion chamber but the other side. Did you wash your motor or something?

FYI if you do you have to have the car running/hot to make sure water does not settle anywhere in your engine bay.

Can't see much but I do see the rust. Are you loosing coolant or overheating?
Agreed.. definately moisture on plugs. I wash my engione all the time with coinm-op sprayer (with it running) but have stock wires/boots and have never had any problems.

Do you have stock wires or aftermarket wires/boots?



Clint
 
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cbatters said:
Agreed.. definately moisture on plugs. I wash my engione all the time with coinm-op sprayer (with it running) but have stock wires/boots and have never had any problems.

Do you have stock wires or aftermarket wires/boots?



Clint
High pressure hose to the engine is OK? My engine bay could use a little cleaning and the 'ol roll of paper towels and degreaser is making me procrastinate.


Max
 
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bluemax_1 said:
High pressure hose to the engine is OK? My engine bay could use a little cleaning and the 'ol roll of paper towels and degreaser is making me procrastinate.


Max
High pressure wash is OK as long as your sparkplug boots seal correctly otherwise you will fill up the spark plug well. (Also a good idea not to spray around the accessory / timing belts.)


Clint