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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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Last night me and 2 buddies of mine changed plugs and wires in my car. My plugs on had less the 20k miles on them and wires were factory. Of 8 plugs 2 on the passenger side looked weird. They were the 2nd and 3rd plugs from the front. I also noticed that the same plug wires were arking pretty bad to my headers. I think that the 2 plugs had a lean symptom to them. They were not bad but had a more whitish gray tint to them than the 6 others that were more blackish gray here are the pics of the plugs. Also the plugs are AC Delco 12571164 and yeah I did spray a 75 shot on them some over a 1 1/2 years it amounts to a 10lb bottle. I have put TR6 in it and MSD wires so I hope that fixed it do you guys think I should worry. Here are the pics.

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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 08:24 PM
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No ideas anyone I am wondering if I should worry about it or not.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 08:55 AM
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Looks like old plugs to me. Throw the new ones in there & pull one after 100 miles, to get a better reading.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by BigBirdLS1
Last night me and 2 buddies of mine changed plugs and wires in my car. My plugs on had less the 20k miles on them and wires were factory. Of 8 plugs 2 on the passenger side looked weird. They were the 2nd and 3rd plugs from the front. I also noticed that the same plug wires were arking pretty bad to my headers. I think that the 2 plugs had a lean symptom to them. They were not bad but had a more whitish gray tint to them than the 6 others that were more blackish gray here are the pics of the plugs. Also the plugs are AC Delco 12571164 and yeah I did spray a 75 shot on them some over a 1 1/2 years it amounts to a 10lb bottle. I have put TR6 in it and MSD wires so I hope that fixed it do you guys think I should worry. Here are the pics.
How did you come to a lean condition conclusion? No spark = no burn = more fuel than air at the oxygen sensor. Lean conditin = more air than fuel. You see where this is going right? What you are seeing on the plugs is unburned fuel mixed with some oil.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 01:56 PM
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better pics might help too, camera should have a macro mode (button that looks like a flower) for close up shots like this
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 03:42 PM
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I thought those two were lean because of the whitish color on the plugs. The other 6 looked fine and I didn't see any oil on any of the plugs so I guess that is good. Also how could my plugs be old they have less than 20k on them but I did change them anyways. All that black stuff on the side of those 2 was where they were arching to my headers I know this because there is a burn spot on my headers from it. Thanks for the advise I feel better about it.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 05:45 PM
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catch can may help that...oil comes in from the pcv system and may not be enough to gunk up the plugs but can affect how cylinders fire... especialy with nitrous.
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