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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 02:44 PM
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White spark plugs?

Just changed all my spark plugs -all kind of ghostly white, and none really worn down to much. The exhaust does smell pretty strong, and the car has a fairly big loss of power, expecially the lower end.
Any ideas what could be causing this? The white spark plugs mean that they're not getting enough air into the mixture, right? Then what would be the things to check? I'm planning on replacing all vaccuum lines soon, to see if that would help, but there is no obvious leaks.. :/

Also, this started after I got my injectors changed, at first an intermitten loss of power - happened ocasionally. Now it's all the time, it never runs as quick as it was, or verry ocasionaly at night it will. But the exhaust smells very strong, and put-puts out a bit.

Someone suggested the catalytic convertor, sound likely?

Ideas?
Old Sep 5, 2004 | 04:09 PM
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if the exhaust smells like rotten eggs, then its 99% your catalytic converter. the white plugs imo mean you re not getting enough fuel actually. if your catalytic converter is clogged then u would feel all the symptoms you have now, in most part, loss of power and rotten egg smell.
Old Sep 5, 2004 | 09:43 PM
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your running too lean, check all of your injectors to make sure they are flowing correctly...ive seen this many times at work and i can almost asure you your mixture is lean
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