Re: [HSS] Oh - oh!

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Hudson29@aol.com wrote:

>

> I was feeling really elated about the day's drive until I got home,

> opened the hood and saw what may be a crack in the cylinder head. That put

> the kibosh on the high times PDQ! In the depression surrounding the #4 spark

> plug is a cylindrical bit the plug screws into. Between that bit and the

> botom of the depression, a black oily messed bubbled and oozed very slowly

> out. I have seen this before, but thought that I must have spilled something

> in the depression. Very little material has actually leaked, it might take

> several hours of running to build enough liquid to puddle.

> How in the world could black oily goo come out of there? There is no oil

> in the head is there? I do have a water soluable oil in the cooling system to

> prevent rust, but this is white.

> Well, we'll just have to see. I torqued the head again and will tighten

> the plugs before the next run. Maybe the problem will go away. They do

> sometimes. A poor pic is attached.

>

> Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com

> Fullerton, California USA

>

Paul, its most likely just a plug not tightened down enough.

Geoff.