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sickzuk1

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Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:04 am Posts: 289 Location: Cairns, Queensland
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Ok I took my spark plugs out yesterday to give them a bit of a clean and they aren't just covered in carbon (Black hard chalky stuff) as they should be..
But they also have quite alot of black sticky shit.. Like oil almost..
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ck13488

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Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 452 Location: newy
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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What plugs are you running.
The heat range is a biggy, IMO NGK are the ones.
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sickzuk1

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Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:04 am Posts: 289 Location: Cairns, Queensland
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 Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:19 am |
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I am running NGK
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zooky08

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Joined: Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 3426 Location: imbil/gympie. qld
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oil and compression rings maby?
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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What NGK, heat range ?
Does sound like an oil bypass problem, but start at the basics.
Have you tested the lead to see if its delivering a full voltage.
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royce

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Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 17216 Location: Pluto
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was the engine hot when you pulled em out or just run cold? can be fuel from teh choke too
pull em out hot and have a look or just chuck new ones in, they arent dear and its pretty common
change your oil too if it needs it
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CairnsZook

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Joined: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 872 Location: West Coast
Vehicle: Zookless
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Does anyone bother running the blingy Iridium plugs in their Zook?
I run them in my bike, but then again I only have to buy two.
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royce

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Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 17216 Location: Pluto
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I reckon teh big drama would be an engine that wouldnt clog up a set in 100000km 
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sickzuk1

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Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:04 am Posts: 289 Location: Cairns, Queensland
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Yes the engine was hot.. They are new spark plugs. And new leads.
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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Test them, new means nothing, thats why there is such a thing as warrenty.
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sickzuk1

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Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:04 am Posts: 289 Location: Cairns, Queensland
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Ok.. Well how do I go about testing them?
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alien
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 16343 Location: Perth
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lick it.
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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Do you have a multimeter, this is the way to test leads, if not, 0pull the plug, put it on the lead, hold it by the rubber and have the motor turned over
it should thro a nice spark, if not, it could be the plug, lead, or cap, without the multimeter there is no way that I know of to pinpoint the problem.
If no or little spark, you know the problem.
Pull a good one and see what the spark is like, that way you have a comparison.
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bakerboy
Joined: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 2291 Location: Perth
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sickzuk1 wrote: Yes the engine was hot.. They are new spark plugs. And new leads.
no no, they meant the plug heat range, eg BPR5ES-11, where the 5 indicates the heat range, with NGK, the lower the number the hotter the spark (the r refers to it being a resister plug, -11 means a 1.1mm gap)
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