it smokes alil when i start up but goes away after a few secs. so should i just replace the valve cover and plug and plug wires. only reason im changin distibutor is cuz of it being old. so it either a bad pston ring or valve cover gasket
it smokes alil when i start up but goes away after a few secs. so should i just replace the valve cover and plug and plug wires. only reason im changin distibutor is cuz of it being old. so it either a bad pston ring or valve cover gasket
and after i run fr the day or a couple mile and sitts it dont smoke after wards it only smokes when it cold and i turn on my defroster which i thought was normal
The defroster has nothing to do with engine smoke.
You didn't answer though... oil on top of the plug, or on the electrode?
Never own more cars than you can keep charged batteries in...
ok i think electrode cus when i pull the plus wire up it was on the plus til i pulled it
plug i mean
just asking cuz i got all the parts like plugs plug wires and the valve gasket but dont know if i need any more parts
Here, this diagram might help:
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it wasnt on the plug oit was around the plug wire it got on the plug top when i pull th plug wire off
So, prior to unscrewing the plug, oil is located on the electrode itself?
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Never own more cars than you can keep charged batteries in...
Sometimes words fail me... and who wouldn't be crotchety with this guy?
Last edited by csl177; 01-06-2012 at 08:23 PM.
Never own more cars than you can keep charged batteries in...
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I think some time spent here should help too.
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so i have a 98 ford escort zx2 and I've been experience problems with it starting, it will start easily the first time each day but if I drive somewhere and shut it off and try to fire it back up it either struggles to start or wont fire up unless I let it sit for a little. I changed the spark plugs and noticed oil on cylinder 1 and 3 can this be what is causing my problem and if so what is causing this to happen thanks in advance for any help
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