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Posted by El Toro on August 02, 2004 at 05:36:37 from (66.119.33.170):
In Reply to: Another question for EL Toro(Hal) posted by Abe on August 01, 2004 at 19:08:42:
Hi Abe, I had an engine that had good compression but it was fouling out new plugs within a few miles. Several plugs were wet with oil. I borrowed a bore scope that has a light so you look into the cylinders. Several cylinders were wet with oil and I noticed the heavy deposits of carbon on the valves and on top of the pistons. I pulled the head and I had never seen so much carbon. I removed the pistons and they had so much carbon in around the rings the oil holes in the pistons were clogged with carbon. Had to drill the holes after removing the rings. Did a valve job, put in new rings and rod bearings. Solved the plug fouling. The engine didn't have any sludge in it. I didn't pull the engine. There are times when you have to tear down an engine. This unleaded gas creates a lot sticky gummy deposits. A gas stablizer should be used when you store a machine for long period's of time. Hal
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