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Old 07-09-2003, 07:47 PM
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WTF?????



I was changing the oil yesterday and noticed oil trails coming from 3 of my spark plugs. This can't be good.
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Old 07-09-2003, 10:33 PM
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so was this leak before or after u pulled the plugs?



if you replaced the plugs does it still leak?
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Old 07-10-2003, 10:13 PM
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Pulled the plugs and they were covered with fresh oil and caked with burnt oil. I don't even know how I got any spark!! What gives?
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thats normal, how tight do you tighten them? do you run a lot of premix?



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Really tight, and I don't run pre mix.
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hmm wierd, my gsl-se leaks oil from the plugs but it uses a quart everyother tank of gas too



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