1 of 4 plugs is black, UGLY

system · July 21, 2002, 3:36am

ok after a few thousand miles my CYL#3 plug is black and tan, its too much fuel i think. i believe its a dead, or worn out injector spraying too much fuel, is that possible? its not burning ANY oil at all, new engine, thanks
wade!

Speeddaddy · July 21, 2002, 5:09am

is the black stuff glossy or flat black?

system · July 21, 2002, 5:12am

i think its flat

system · July 21, 2002, 5:18am

glossy would be fuel, right?

Speeddaddy · July 21, 2002, 5:20am

well IF it is really flat and not glossy, it sounds like the fuel is not being burned up in the chamber. might jus have a fouled (dead) spark plug. i would change them all and check them in a week er so.

and make sure they are torqued down correctly in the head. 156 in-lbs

Speeddaddy · July 21, 2002, 5:21am

Originally posted by x4evawizex
glossy would be fuel, right?

glossy would be oil.

system · July 21, 2002, 5:22am

man its not oil., not the plugs, the 3rd always does it with a new change, i think its a messd up injector

Speeddaddy · July 21, 2002, 5:25am

then pull the injectors out and find a place to flow test them…

are they the orig. ones?

system · July 21, 2002, 5:26am

yes sir, orig plugs , 220K miles on them, i bet the 3rd is tired and worn out, what ya think?

Speeddaddy · July 21, 2002, 5:43am

could very well be the case.

oh wells now ya got an excuse to go get new injectors… then ya might aswell get a fuel rail while your at it hahahha…

system · July 21, 2002, 2:16pm

i ran out of gas recently and now my car won’t start up again, could it be the injectors? …i have a the flat black on them, i was going to change out my coil/ignitor/rotor, etc, but i don’t want to bother doing that if it’s the injectors, could it be?