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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 01:37 PM
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So I finally got the courage to change out those pesky spark plugs on my 2000 SS. After pulling them out I noticed that my number 3 and number 6 spark plugs had some oil residue on them. I know I need to get it looked at but can someone here maybe shed some light at what I'm looking at? Its kind of wierd cause the rest of them didnt have any oil on them. little help here....
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 06:11 PM
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How many miles on the car ?
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it could be a bad pvc valve.
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 12:33 PM
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The car has 123,000 miles on it.
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 02:34 PM
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Is it burning oil ? Do u have to add any oil to it often ?Smoking @ all ?
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Was it on the tip itself or just on the threads of the plug? I'm just clarifing. Cause if you are actually seeing a wet oily residue on the tip of the plug itself, then that plug probably isn't firing.
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Is it burning oil ? Do u have to add any oil to it often ?Smoking @ all ?
the car has an oil leak... so I do have to add oil to it once before every 3000 mile oil change. When I get on it... it shoots black smoke sometimes but only at really hight rmps. i was told that its because i was burning rich gas and that it wasnt too big a deal. that a good tune up would fix that... maybe my timing was a little off.
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Originally Posted by LS14EVR
Was it on the tip itself or just on the threads of the plug? I'm just clarifing. Cause if you are actually seeing a wet oily residue on the tip of the plug itself, then that plug probably isn't firing.
it wasnt on the tip so much... its actaully on the threads...
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I would not worry about it and black smoke is not oil burning it carbon or fuel but i would get thr leak fixed.
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Originally Posted by blk/slvr02ss
I would not worry about it and black smoke is not oil burning it carbon or fuel but i would get thr leak fixed.
^ Agreed,
burnt oil will come out looking like blue smoke.
If the oil isn't on the tip, then it's just from your leak.
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