Another Read My Plugs Thread

[SupaMan]

Title says it all and the pictures explain what cly they are from. they pretty much all look exactly the same im under the understanding the black around the base means a rich idle and the whiteish gray is ok but some have said its lean at WOT. im not detonating at all its runnin great i just wondered what you guys think. I might pick up a wide band even tho im n/a its still a useful tool if you wanna keep your engine in one peice. plus i can always use it when i wanna go n/a-t! :biglaugh:

anyways heres the pics. I wanna say the plugs are too hot of a range.

I found this bolt on top of my fuel rail also i think it goes here on the intake but it looks like theres a bracket missing am i right about this?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Barry

 

[SupaMan]

ha i just noticed my pics are wrong the first #6 pic is actually exactly the same as the last one.....oh well.

 

[empera]

Normal...?

 

[MarkIII4Me]

Yeah, they look good to me.

 

[NFKOD]

looks like might be running a little lean but overall they look ok

 

[williamb82]

looks on the lean side. normal is tan. those are white.

 

[super.secret.supra.club]

that screw is supposed to hold a round clip for the that egr beside the bolt.

 

[SupaMan]

that screw is supposed to hold a round clip for the that egr beside the bolt.

whats fucked up is where i found the bolt.....it was sitting on top of my fuel rail just chilling over #5 injector. who knows how long its been there this car has never had a bracket on the EGR thing.

looks on the lean side. normal is tan. those are white.

yea thats what i figured i dunno if their lean or just old plugs or normal.

their gonna come out soon tho their bosch plugs.

 

[SupaMan]

after looking at the pictures they seem to have some small bits of deposits on them also.

 

[IJ.]

LOTS of deposits on them between the insulator ceramic and the centre electrode.

 

[tissimo]

doesn't look lean to me? The base ring is black.

 

[Nalleywhacker]

The only thing is see wrong is your using platinums. i might catch some crap for this but there just a waste of money, and just uneeded added stress to your coil if ya ask me.

 

[SupaMan]

dont point the finger at me for it i didnt put them in if i did they sure as hell wouldnt be platniums or bosch plugs.

ive learned better, from this place of course.

IJ what could be causing that?

Im not burning oil so thats one out of the 3 from the picture that has a list that empera posted im not completely sure on fuel i coulda gotten a bad batch. or it could be mixed with the old fuel it had about an 8th of a tank of 3-4 month old fuel in it when i filled up.

Im not exactly sure what they mean by operating period do they mean like short distances or extended hard runs?

 

[romaniello]

Deposits on the spark plugs normally means you are burning oil

 

[SupaMan]

if im burning out then its such a small amount that i dont notice it on the dipstick my level according to it has literally never moved down since the last oil change.

no smoke no smell no nothing. weird.

 

[IJ.]

Could just be an additive in the brand of fuel you're using.

 

[SupaMan]

yea well i can say its the first time ive seen that on those plugs so it might be that.

any more opinions on the coloration? Im still kinda confused about it.

 

[tissimo]

yea well i can say its the first time ive seen that on those plugs so it might be that.

any more opinions on the coloration? Im still kinda confused about it.

From the pics (cant tell very well) it looks like they're too hot, the color change on the ground strap should be 1/2 through the bend and they look closer to the base ring.

The ceramic looks a little dirty its probably just the oil that burning as you say.

 

[SupaMan]

Hopefully im not burning any oil at all i shouldnt be and the fact that theres no smoke smell or loss of level should back that up?

I do beleive they are 1-2 ranges higher heat than stock. when i put new ones in ill go back to the stock heat range and see if that helps.

Thanks guys.