Thread: Burning Oil
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Old 14 Sep 2009, 12:19 pm
Tegger
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Default Re: Burning Oil

Elle <honda.lioness@gmail.com> wrote in news:b9f8cad2-ec40-48c1-a0ef-
1c07d0d89729@g6g2000vbr.googlegroups.com:

> New info: I removed all the spark plugs again today and see I missed
> an important difference among them: Three of the plugs' ceramic areas
> (firing end, directly adjacent to where the spark occurs, not the wire
> end) are dark and look a bit oil fouled.




Then there's your culprit: Worn rings.

Because modern oil combusts very cleanly, it takes quite a high level of
consumption to cause deposits on the plugs.

Are the deposits sooty with a bit of an oily feel to them, or are they
actually covered in liquid oil?


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