[DMCForum] Re: Video Bob -- Running Rich or Lean

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been staying out of this thread (been busy with a thread of my
own), but now have time to piss everyone else off:

Pull all 6 of your plugs and look at their condition. Spark plugs are
like windows into your combustion chambers. In fact, short of pulling
the heads, they are the clearest indication of what's going on inside
your engine (compression gauge notwithstanding).

Personally, I'd suspect you're either running too high a heat range
plug (longer insulator), too much spark advance, or too lean of a
fuel/air mixture.

If a spark plug is either melted itself or has little globlets of
melted aluminum on it, you most likely have a vacuum leak. Pistons can
have a hole melted right through them from a spark plug not tightened
down all the way. I lost all 3 plugs on my driver's side on the way
home from SEDOC several years ago from a tiny crack in that big 1/4"
vacuum line under the console.

Anyone care to tell me I'm full of it?

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx>
wrote:
> SO how does one know if his mixture is rich or lean?
> I know's I ain't rich...I be po.
> - VB
> 
> >From: DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx>
> >Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Video Bob.
> >Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:37:54 -0500
> >
> >I still think you may be running rich if you idle that high.
> >
> >When you are running rich your engine runs hotter. Check this out and
> >see if you are running rich.
> >
> >Mark V
> >
> >
> >
> >On Jul 12, 2005, at 2:09 PM, Videobob Moseley wrote:
> >
> > > yes, I did replace the high pressure hose, vacuum the system and
> > > refill it
> > > with R12.
> > > It was done by a licensed refrigeration guy, and friend.
> > > I know when I turn the AC on, the needle rises.
> > > - VB
> > >
> > >> From: Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx>
> > >> Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> Subject: [DMCForum] Video Bob.
> > >> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:55:11 -0700 (PDT)
> > >>
> > >> That does not change the facts Bob.  Most of the abuse
> > >> you take (IMHO) is well deserved.  It is not like
> > >> people are making up lies about you.
> > >>
> > >> Meanwhile, when you come on here with your cooling
> > >> system problem we help you just like we would anyone
> > >> else.. So, it is not all bad.
> > >>
> > >> Speaking of your cooling problem, did it start right
> > >> after you had your AC fixed?  I recall you replaced a
> > >> hose not too long ago.  Was the system evacuated and
> > >> charged properly.  Did you also check/change the oil
> > >> in the compressor??  It is possible some problem in
> > >> your AC system is causing the high side to be VERY
> > >> high, which will also make it VERY hot.  The heat will
> > >> transfer to the radiator, and make the car run hot.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --- Videobob Moseley <videobob@xxxx> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> hey, everyone gets tired of being shit on, even me.
> > >>> You don't see me attacking people on here do you?
> > >>> I don't mind the occasional hazing, I deserve it...
> > >>> but it gets old and
> > >>> sometimes
> > >>>
> > >> <SNIP>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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> >

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