I have a problem.. Someone help please..
09-06-2007, 06:09 PM
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I have a problem.. Someone help please.. Ok well I had been noticing a big difference in the way my motor was running ie: Rough starts, hard time finding idle, smoke on startup and when idling thru traffic are a few..
So I decided to pull the plugs and change them out in hopes that the problem would be solved..
Here is what I found:
Cylinder 5:
Shot with Canon PowerShot A80 at 2007-09-06
Shot with Canon PowerShot A80 at 2007-09-06
Definitely a big problem.. I've gone and changed out the plugs for NGK TR55IX and this was this past sunday.. Now after driving it all week (this is my DD), I decided to pull the plugs and have a look..
This is the original cylinder 5 (left) new Cylinder 5 (middle) with Cylinder 3(right) for comparison:
Shot with Canon PowerShot A80 at 2007-09-06
Shot with Canon PowerShot A80 at 2007-09-06
Shot with Canon PowerShot A80 at 2007-09-06
The new spark plugs have less than 400 miles on them..
Does anyone have a clue as to what my problem is?? I really hoping this isn't anything serious coming around because if it is
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan
So I decided to pull the plugs and change them out in hopes that the problem would be solved..
Here is what I found:
Cylinder 5:
Shot with Canon PowerShot A80 at 2007-09-06
Shot with Canon PowerShot A80 at 2007-09-06
Definitely a big problem.. I've gone and changed out the plugs for NGK TR55IX and this was this past sunday.. Now after driving it all week (this is my DD), I decided to pull the plugs and have a look..
This is the original cylinder 5 (left) new Cylinder 5 (middle) with Cylinder 3(right) for comparison:
Shot with Canon PowerShot A80 at 2007-09-06
Shot with Canon PowerShot A80 at 2007-09-06
Shot with Canon PowerShot A80 at 2007-09-06
The new spark plugs have less than 400 miles on them..
Does anyone have a clue as to what my problem is?? I really hoping this isn't anything serious coming around because if it is
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan
09-06-2007, 11:05 PM
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I think it is cholesterol. You need to raise your cars HDL's (the good) to push out all of LDL's (the bad) like what is on your plug there.
Seriously though, that is oil. Probably a valve stem seal like was stated above or you have some odd blow by problem. It could also be you are puking a lot of oil into your intake from the pcv system and for some reason #5 was the unlucky of the cylinders. Do any of the others look like that?
Seriously though, that is oil. Probably a valve stem seal like was stated above or you have some odd blow by problem. It could also be you are puking a lot of oil into your intake from the pcv system and for some reason #5 was the unlucky of the cylinders. Do any of the others look like that?
09-07-2007, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by RoDan
I think it is cholesterol. You need to raise your cars HDL's (the good) to push out all of LDL's (the bad) like what is on your plug there.
Seriously though, that is oil. Probably a valve stem seal like was stated above or you have some odd blow by problem. It could also be you are puking a lot of oil into your intake from the pcv system and for some reason #5 was the unlucky of the cylinders. Do any of the others look like that?
Seriously though, that is oil. Probably a valve stem seal like was stated above or you have some odd blow by problem. It could also be you are puking a lot of oil into your intake from the pcv system and for some reason #5 was the unlucky of the cylinders. Do any of the others look like that?