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Hey jason, what were you doing between 21 and 22 mile on old van dyke around noon!?  
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are you stalking me?
I was at work how do you know it was me?
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Nothing here....packing tonight, cutting hair tommorrow, Thursday morning I am cleaning the inside of the car.
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2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
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2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s
RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED
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Well, had to change knuckle, found out that any "new" knuckle needs to have the updated tie rod end if you own a '95 or '96..... so I changed my tie rod end last night and about a week ago my indiglows 1/2 of them stopped working ugh - so I had to open the dash up again and take care of that and I changed my burned out high beam indicator on the dash finally....
I checked my spark plugs too and I encountered something.... Do dealerships put oil in the holes in the valve cover where the spark plug wires go in? Does that make a better seal for the spark plug in the head or something? I had the same amount of oil in each of the three holes on the front of the engine....
I dabbed a rag in the holes to get some of the oil out before I took out the spark plugs so it wouldn't go in the engine. Took the plugs out, cleaned them, put'em back in and fired it up *POOOOOOF* cloud of smoke out the tail pipes! yum
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Erm.. Joe.  That sounds like a serious issue that you should more than investigate before you drive to SZ.
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Sounds like bad spark plug tube seals. If you plan on doing an intake rebuild, pickup some new valve cover gaskets and spark plug tube seals. That'll seal everything up real nice, and you won't get oil down on the plugs.
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Originally posted by blu_fuz:
Well, had to change knuckle, found out that any "new" knuckle needs to have the updated tie rod end if you own a '95 or '96..... so I changed my tie rod end last night and about a week ago my indiglows 1/2 of them stopped working ugh - so I had to open the dash up again and take care of that and I changed my burned out high beam indicator on the dash finally....
I checked my spark plugs too and I encountered something.... Do dealerships put oil in the holes in the valve cover where the spark plug wires go in? Does that make a better seal for the spark plug in the head or something? I had the same amount of oil in each of the three holes on the front of the engine....
I dabbed a rag in the holes to get some of the oil out before I took out the spark plugs so it wouldn't go in the engine. Took the plugs out, cleaned them, put'em back in and fired it up *POOOOOOF* cloud of smoke out the tail pipes! yum
Prob from the gaskets on the valve covers. 
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Originally posted by Decepticon:
are you stalking me?
I was at work how do you know it was me?
lol, it sure looked and sounded like your car. Maybe someone has a clone.
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Originally posted by Pre98:
Erm.. Joe. That sounds like a serious issue that you should more than investigate before you drive to SZ.
Not a big deal as everyone stated. THe car will still make the trip fine. It smoked because that oil went down into the cylinder when you removed the plug. Just get some new gaskets/seals.
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Originally posted by RawBurt:
Originally posted by Decepticon:
are you stalking me?
I was at work how do you know it was me?
lol, it sure looked and sounded like your car. Maybe someone has a clone.
Ya it was me. I had to go to belle tire at 23mile and van dyke
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