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.


Possible. It could be that the oil ran down into the spark plug hole from the valve cover o-ring not sealing around the plug hole, but on the other hand if it ran for any length of time like that then the fresh oil will have baked onto the plug body. And there is a lot of oil cooked onto the plug electrode. Its definitely burning a significant amount of oil. The aluminum filing look could just be anti sieze compound mixed in from the plug threads.
So he probably has multiple problems.

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