smokin amphi

[wick68355@aol.com]

Help me figure this one out. I have been plagued with spark plugs fouling
out. As those of you who were at Davis swim know, we were smokin real bad in the
river. I started working on the car on Wednesday and cannot come up with any
definite answers. I started out by changing the oil for a fresh start. I used
Valvoline Maxlife sae 30. Maxlife is advertised for "older engines." Well,
after the oil change it really smokes. I mean really smokes. After a while it
cleared up and was not smoking. I go out for a test drive and it was running
well.
Then I lost a cylinder. Went home and pulled the plugs and two were wet. They
were wet but it did not look like oil. I did a compression check and found
all four cylinders right at 125psi. Any ideas were I should continue my hunt?
Tim Wick


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[Larry & Nancy Solheim]

Check the valve guides, Tim. If you want a "quickie"
test, drive down a fairly steep hill with the car in
3rd gear, letting the engine do the decelleration - if
the guides are worn you'll really send out smoke as
the engine sucks the oil by the pushrods.

Good Luck, --LarryS


--- wick68355@aol.com wrote:
> Help me figure this one out. I have been plagued
> with spark plugs fouling
> out. As those of you who were at Davis swim know, we
> were smokin real bad in the
> river. I started working on the car on Wednesday and
> cannot come up with any
> definite answers. I started out by changing the oil
> for a fresh start. I used
> Valvoline Maxlife sae 30. Maxlife is advertised for
> "older engines." Well,
> after the oil change it really smokes. I mean really
> smokes. After a while it
> cleared up and was not smoking. I go out for a test
> drive and it was running well.
> Then I lost a cylinder. Went home and pulled the
> plugs and two were wet. They
> were wet but it did not look like oil. I did a
> compression check and found
> all four cylinders right at 125psi. Any ideas were I
> should continue my hunt?
> Tim Wick
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>


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