weird looking stuff on the spark plug ends? 02 i35
#1
weird looking stuff on the spark plug ends? 02 i35
So for the last month ive been having problems of my car misfiring at a stop or skipping when coming to a stop but no codes. I pulled 3 of the front spark plugs to find an orange looking hardened deposit on the ends. This is a vg35 engine it starts and drives fine just at coming to a stop it goes putt putt sometimes. Have about 227k miles. So im wondering how much longer do I have or is it time for another engine.
#3
Ok was getting a little nervous lol i drive the car pretty hard and it drives good just has that miss at idle or stop at times.
#5
If you're going to change the plugs it's also time to swap the rear valve cover gasket if it hasn't been done yet. It's most likely leaking. It's a cheap part and most of the work is already done to get to the rear plugs.
#6
Thanks for the advice, when i bought the car 2 years ago the number 5 plug was soaked in oil so i got a 6th gen valve cover from a pull a part. Hasnt leaked since i dont believe i did the rear valve cover gasket also. I didnt do the front valve cover yet though although i smell oil on the ends of the coils when i remove them, dont see any. Im thinking of going with iridium plugs though. And coils from rock auto.
#7
To be honest i replaced the plugs 2 years ago, but within 2 years ive put about 40k miles on the car. Coils were not nearly new, ive got some from pull a part that were hit or miss because i dont know how to test them with the ohm meter, but ive only bought 3 new coils from amazon.