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mooreken
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Plugcheck

Post by mooreken »

I would guess this is why we should check things now and then. I wasn’t really feeling any issues, with the thumper cam it shakes and fumbles around anyway. :lol:

It had been a while sense I changed plugs and I only check the two easy to get to ones to see how the carb is doing.
So I thought I would put a set in and do a compression test to see if my puff of oil smoke was deeper trouble. And found this.
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As you can see there is something different between these two plugs.
I only checked 6 cylinders as the two at the rear are very hard to get a plug in let alone the compression gauge hose.
All are good including the broken plug hole. The thing still has 245lb compression. Big number.

Ken
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Re: Plugcheck

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Ken,

Your gas mileage should have just gone up 12.5% :lol:

And the car should be much more pleasant to follow (holding nose)...

Tom
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Re: Plugcheck

Post by BlackSnake »

Ken, that looks more like a broken electrode than an eroded one. You may have a clearance issue with that piston.
mooreken
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Re: Plugcheck

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I agree that I has broken. Don't know if it is a clearance problem but I don't think so I think it is a part defect. But If it happens again I'll know then.
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