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Originally Posted by psfred
I can't tell from the pics, are they wet and oily or just covered with fluffy black stuff?
If dry, you are running WAY rich, you have a fuel problem. If bad enough, this can cause excess oil consumption due to oil dilution (this is VERY bad for the engine, by the way).
Îf oily, it's valve guide time. You would be making smoke at that oil consumption rate, too.
Peter
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Those pictures are of the spark plugs I took out of the car appoximately 3000 miles ago. They were the ones that were in the car when I bought it. I saved them and labelled them. I do apologize for the quality of the pictures. I will take another set when the batteries finish recharging, because the plugs in reality are much lighter in color. I just looked very carefully at them again and they are not as black as they look in those pictures. I am looking at the inside cover of a Haynes manual that describes the different types of spark plug conditions. I think this is in the inside cover of all the Haynes Manuals.
1. Normal - Mine look very close to this.
2. Worn - Mine do not look like this.
3. Carbon Deposits - Sort of like this.
4. Ash Deposits - Mine do not look like this.
5. Oil Deposits - Maybe ever so slightly.
6. Gap Bridging - Mine do not look like this.
7. Too Hot - Mine do not look like this.
8. Preignition - Mine do not look like this.
9. High Speed Glazing - Mine do not look like this.
10. Detonation - Mine do not look like this.
11. Mechanical Damage - Mine do not look like this.