Originally posted by Stazi:
Terry's $0.02:
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fastcougar's T/C engine...

before we all jump he should do a correct
compression test then change the 'O' rings around the
plugs and cam gasgets...that oil on the plugs is
clean/fresh and not from the cylinder...FWIW!!




He has a point.

My only reservation to it being that simple is that form the pics of the threads it looks like a mixture of oil and aluminum filings.

TH is correct and I am returning the Summit compression tester and getting a quality leak down test kit with multiple threaded attachments since the spark plug holes in these heads are fairly well recessed. Nothing is happening until I can do a proper test.

BTW, that is Anti-Sieze, not aluminium

Last edited by fastcougar; 11/30/05 04:05 PM.
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