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spark plugs condition
For some time now I have heard that you can assess your engine combustion
condition by carefully exams your engine spark plugs after a long highway trip or verify exhaust tail pipe for light tan color. I drove over 1400 km last week (all highway) and my exhaust tail pipe is totally black. I decided to check the spark plugs condition specifically the color of the electrode. All spark plugs have light tan in color from the center of the electrode to the top of the ground pin. I don't understand why my exhaust tail pipe is black ? The car is running fine. I lost a bit of engine oil but I think I have minor leak somewhere along the valve cover seal since my spark plug is clean. Any ideas? |
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Mine has always been black - very black - on both of my Saturns. And my
newest one I've had for 11 years. Why do you feel that black is an indicator of something wrong? Lane [ l a n e @ p a i r . c o m ] --- Visit my Saturn Car Audio and Performance Page at http://www57.pair.com/lane "newsgroup" > wrote in message ... > For some time now I have heard that you can assess your engine combustion > condition by carefully exams your engine spark plugs after a long highway > trip or verify exhaust tail pipe for light tan color. I drove over 1400 km > last week (all highway) and my exhaust tail pipe is totally black. I > decided to check the spark plugs condition specifically the color of the > electrode. All spark plugs have light tan in color from the center of > the electrode to the top of the ground pin. I don't understand why my > exhaust tail pipe is black ? The car is running fine. I lost a bit of > engine oil but I think I have minor leak somewhere along the valve cover > seal since my spark plug is clean. > > Any ideas? > > > > |
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Perhaps there is nothing wrong with my car, but my wife's and my brother
cars both have clean exhaust. I have started to monitor other cars and most of them are clean. So I am just wondering. "Lane" -NOSPAM> wrote in message ... > Mine has always been black - very black - on both of my Saturns. And my > newest one I've had for 11 years. > > Why do you feel that black is an indicator of something wrong? > > Lane [ l a n e @ p a i r . c o m ] > --- > Visit my Saturn Car Audio and Performance Page at http://www57.pair.com/lane > > > > "newsgroup" > wrote in message > ... > > For some time now I have heard that you can assess your engine combustion > > condition by carefully exams your engine spark plugs after a long highway > > trip or verify exhaust tail pipe for light tan color. I drove over 1400 > km > > last week (all highway) and my exhaust tail pipe is totally black. I > > decided to check the spark plugs condition specifically the color of the > > electrode. All spark plugs have light tan in color from the center of > > the electrode to the top of the ground pin. I don't understand why my > > exhaust tail pipe is black ? The car is running fine. I lost a bit of > > engine oil but I think I have minor leak somewhere along the valve cover > > seal since my spark plug is clean. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > |
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