Re: Reading spark plugs.
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It WAS there.
It was sideways, but it was there.
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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and 1.7m is still too big. Should be a max of 30k if I remember correctly.
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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and 1.7m is still too big. Should be a max of 30k if I remember correctly. Well this site says 2mb and the original photo says 1.7mb Anyways I posted it back up. The number 8 plug smelled like fuel too when the other 7 plugs didn’t. Any idea’s? I mean obviously a compression test on the number 8 cylinder is what I need to do next, which I will do tomorrow after work and I’ll report back. Just has me worried cause I know the ignition is good. And I’ve had this strange rough spot around 2500 rpm that I have not been able to eliminate no matter what I’ve tried. I’m thinking it’s connected some how.
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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30k must be the sig picture, as I think about it.
If #8 is dark with carbon, and smells gassy, maybe the jet in the carb is loose and letting in too much fuel.
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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They cross each other up above the valve cover. I don’t have the wires routed based on that tsb. But this is a carbed 5.9 magnum with a firecore 50 electronic vacuum advance distributor and a crane cams hi-6 cd ignition and a crane cams ps92 ignition coil. And Taylor thundervolt 8.2mm plug wires. Carb is a quickfuel super street series 680cfm vacuum secondary carb. The last time I did a compression test all cylinders were at 150 psi and I’m pretty easy on this engine, I run premium fuel and synthetic oil and good filters and I don’t ever over rev it. So it is kinda strange that cylinder 8 would all of a sudden develop an issue, because I know it hasn’t been miss treated since the last time I did a compression test.
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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An older Sun machine that shows all eight ignition traces at once on one screen would be valuable to insure there is no crossfire happening. These single wire readout devices that give: peak KV, burn time in milliseconds, and burn KV https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kal-Equip-Spark-Analyzer-2969-/202107367670?hash=item2f0e89b0f6Have helped me. I now have two I bought used so I can compare two cylinders at the same time, or compare one cylinder to the averages of all eight by clipping to the coil output wire.
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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I like to see cleaner(lighter colored) plugs than that, yours look like there to rich on the mixture, especially at light part throttle cruise Those are both hot plugs Synthetic oil will leak around intake gaskets and rings and can cause what your seeing, oil doesn't burn as easy as straight gas does Do the compression check next Usually when you have oil on the plugs they shine, yours doesn't look like they are, do they?
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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So why is only 1 plug doing this? Why do the other 7 plugs look different? The other 7 have a tanish tint to them and don’t smell like fuel. Number 8 was a little darker and smelled like fuel a little bit. It’s been pouring rain all day so I wasn’t able to do a compression check on cylinder 8 after work tonight and I don’t have a shop anymore since I moved 😩 But I’m hoping tomorrow I can check compression in cylinder. I’m going to purchase a wideband O2 to dial this quickfuel inn better with, I should have one and have it installed within the next month or so. I have the carb leaned out quite a bit from the factory settings my higher elevation. I’m at 3200-3500 feet above sea level. Right now main jets are 64s and secondary jets are 74s, in running a 9.5hg power valve with .049 pvcr’s. I have .033 high speed air bleeds, .063 idle air bleeds and .028 idle feed restrictors. I have the 4 idle mixture screws set to the best vacuum reading, I get a solid 20hg of vacuum at idle. Floats are set to half way up the sight glasses. I’m running a .028 accelerator pump nozzle with a white pump cam. Timing is 18 degrees initial, 32 degrees total all in at 3200-3400 rpm. Vacuum advance adds an additional 12 degeees on manifold vacuum. So I have 30 degrees at idle with the vacuum advance. I don’t understand what’s got it running rich enough to affect only the number 8 cylinder. I did raise the floats a little bit the other day and it felt like it made it run a little better because I did have them set at the bottom of the sight glasses. But quick fuel reccoemnds half way up the sight glasses. Maybe I’ll lower the float level a little bit and increase if the idle air bleeds since I appear to be fat on the idle circuit. Then re-adjust mixture screws again. I have some .070 idle air bleeds I can try and I have some .075 idle air bleeds as well.
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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So why is only 1 plug doing this? Why do the other 7 plugs look different? The other 7 have a tanish tint to them and don’t smell like fuel. Number 8 was a little darker and smelled like fuel a little bit. It’s been pouring rain all day so I wasn’t able to do a compression check on cylinder 8 after work tonight and I don’t have a shop anymore since I moved 😩 But I’m hoping tomorrow I can check compression in cylinder. I’m going to purchase a wideband O2 to dial this quickfuel inn better with, I should have one and have it installed within the next month or so. I have the carb leaned out quite a bit from the factory settings my higher elevation. I’m at 3200-3500 feet above sea level. Right now main jets are 64s and secondary jets are 74s, in running a 9.5hg power valve with .049 pvcr’s. I have .033 high speed air bleeds, .063 idle air bleeds and .028 idle feed restrictors. I have the 4 idle mixture screws set to the best vacuum reading, I get a solid 20hg of vacuum at idle. Floats are set to half way up the sight glasses. I’m running a .028 accelerator pump nozzle with a white pump cam. Timing is 18 degrees initial, 32 degrees total all in at 3200-3400 rpm. Vacuum advance adds an additional 12 degeees on manifold vacuum. So I have 30 degrees at idle with the vacuum advance. I don’t understand what’s got it running rich enough to affect only the number 8 cylinder. I did raise the floats a little bit the other day and it felt like it made it run a little better because I did have them set at the bottom of the sight glasses. But quick fuel reccoemnds half way up the sight glasses. Maybe I’ll lower the float level a little bit and increase if the idle air bleeds since I appear to be fat on the idle circuit. Then re-adjust mixture screws again. I have some .070 idle air bleeds I can try and I have some .075 idle air bleeds as well. Well, going to a wide band 02 censor will answer most your rich / lean concerns. I think you are going to find you are pretty close to where you want to be. 7 plugs look good. Also doubt your comp. test will show anything. My guess is that you have a valve guide seal leaking a bit in #8. If you could get to a intake / exhaust port visual in that hole you could probably confirm it.
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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I think you need to move the vacuum hose to the distributor to above the throttle plates instead of running it underneath them on manifold vacuum, try that and let us know how that works on your car I would try moving the total timing up to 33 to 35 degrees also for your altitude The higher you go in altitude the thinner the air, which takes a little longer to reach peak burn rates and temperatures also
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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Unless you have a miss, the reason that one plug shows richer is due to the fuel distribution of the manifold you are using. I would reroute the plug wires in accordance with the TSB and see if that doesn't fix it for you. A symptom from the TSB "various single cylinder misfire (1, 3, 7,) and especially 5 and/or 8"
It is not a blown head gasket.
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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Unless you have a miss, the reason that one plug shows richer is due to the fuel distribution of the manifold you are using. I would reroute the plug wires in accordance with the TSB and see if that doesn't fix it for you. A symptom from the TSB "various single cylinder misfire (1, 3, 7,) and especially 5 and/or 8"
It is not a blown head gasket.
I will try and figure out a way to separate wires 6 and 8 so they don’t cross each other above the valve cover. I find it hard to believe it’s a blown head gasket or a leaky valve seal as well. This engine is very low mileage, like I said it’s around 30k and half it’s life was fuel injected. It’s only had a carb on it for about 15k of it’s miles. Since I raised the floats I’m also going to lean out the idle air bleeds and see if that helps.
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Re: Reading spark plugs.
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[quote=Supercuda] Since I raised the floats I’m also going to lean out the idle air bleeds and see if that helps.
This comment caught my eye.... Were they too low?? There is only a wrong float level or correct float level.... If your float level is too high I could see this causing at least part of your problem......
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