Changed Sparkplugs

dgodard · Post by **dgodard** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:35 pm

Hi guys, just changed sparkplugs and this is what i found:

Is red color normal??? Found oil in 1 of them.

Thanks for any input

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:07 pm

What brand and octane of fuel do you use?

Adionik · Post by **Adionik** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:59 pm

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:11 pm

How old are the plugs? Looks like they're just really old to me. You can visually diagnose spark plus here: http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/engine/plugs.html

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:53 pm

Yeah they don't look too bad. I just changed mine a few days ago and they were a pinkish color.

Paul56 · Post by **Paul56** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:44 am

I think you need to start filling with a higher quality fuel...

http://www.toptiergas.com/

dgodard · Post by **dgodard** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:21 pm

ops, yes, before i was using 93 octane usually shell or exxon, now i'm using cheapest i found 87 octanes....

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:28 pm

Red plugs indicate the use of fuel additives.

dgodard · Post by **dgodard** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:10 pm

Donkeypuncher wrote:How old are the plugs? Looks like they're just really old to me. You can visually diagnose spark plus here: http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/engine/plugs.html

They are like 15kmiles and 1 year old at most lol...

fixitmattman wrote:Red plugs indicate the use of fuel additives.

Thanks for all inputs...i've never used any additive, well, a few months ago used a can of berryman's only...i don't know if this cause red color...

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:54 pm

Doesn't necessarily mean additives you used. Depends on what the refiner blended in also.

dgodard · Post by **dgodard** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:47 am

Well, now i'm using 93 octanes again, we'll see if next sparkplug change is same color or not....

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:41 pm

Whose fuel were you using?