86.5 7MGE Problems

[cre]

Excellent! Now... we RACE!!!!

[AAPSuprabuilder]

Originally Posted by cre

I'm going to be disgustingly blunt here... if you don't like it, I'll apologize in advance... I'm sorry.

The parts store guy is a F@#$ing idiot and you really need to find a mentor to help you out while you learn your way around the engine bay.


There is NO WAY a running engine will get WET oil on the plugs much less soak the THREADS which happen to be outside of the combustion chamber! NONE! The parts guy is an idiot and you've got leaking valve covers or the bolts which hold down the No3 gasket.

Wet oil around the plug wires can cause shorts to ground and a heavy miss... the fact that replacing them makes it feel better for a while is because each time you pull them you're dumping all the oil that was surrounding them into the cylinder and thus eliminating the real problem for a little while.

A plug which has seen burning oil is black, but it's dry.

I hope you never work on a car ever. especially if you dont know what spark plug problems are...
If a plug is wet. that means one of 3 things....

bad valve covers (most likely not)
blown head gasket and oil getting into the combustion chamber
or piston rings are shot.

maybe you should watch who u call names at a parts store especially if your the one with the issue not knowing whats going on... just saying.

[cre]

Originally Posted by AAPSuprabuilder

I hope you never work on a car ever. especially if you dont know what spark plug problems are...
If a plug is wet. that means one of 3 things....

bad valve covers (most likely not)
blown head gasket and oil getting into the combustion chamber
or piston rings are shot.

maybe you should watch who u call names at a parts store especially if your the one with the issue not knowing whats going on... just saying.

Dripping wet when you pull them? Not a chance in hell... not unless there's a hole in the F$%^ing piston... ALL of them in this case. An engine with completely shot rings still creates enough blowby to ensure that most of the oil that does enter the cylinder is burned. This is a VERY common problem too. Additionally, I've been to the OP's place... it IS his valve covers.

[cre]

AAP, did you even LOOK at the OP's pics?

http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/74041-post28.html

See the oil on the THREADS? That alone completely negates the possibility of the oil coming from inside the cylinder. Seesh...

[Krem]

Originally Posted by AAPSuprabuilder

I hope you never work on a car ever. especially if you dont know what spark plug problems are...
If a plug is wet. that means one of 3 things....

bad valve covers (most likely not)
blown head gasket and oil getting into the combustion chamber
or piston rings are shot.

maybe you should watch who u call names at a parts store especially if your the one with the issue not knowing whats going on... just saying.

I'd have Cre work on my car before any schmuck in vegas... except Vegas is a ways away from Colorado... and my ride has too many kinks to trouble him with at the moment. Cre knows what he's talking about and even in your statement, AAPSuprabuilder, you mentioned bad valve covers which Cre already said it WAS. So how's he ill knowledgable exactly? Sometimes being smart isn't about knowing the right answer, it's about knowing your limits and recognizing when you could be wrong.

Grats 86.5, and Cre... have fun racing (to vegas )