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I have replaced the valve cover gasket last Sunday and 4 days after the sparks are clean (I did 100 miles since then).
Today I went to a car repair shop nearby and asked for a compression. The results are: 13.5 / 14 / 13.5 / 13.8
What does it say? Guys at the repair shop say the engine compression is fine and I should perhaps clean fuel injectors.
I have replaced the valve cover gasket last Sunday and 4 days after the sparks are clean (I did 100 miles since then).
Today I went to a car repair shop nearby and asked for a compression. The results are: 13.5 / 14 / 13.5 / 13.8
What does it say? Guys at the repair shop say the engine compression is fine and I should perhaps clean fuel injectors.
Wednesday – I’ve got a spark plug wrench and took two spark plugs out and cleaned them. They both were oily as the first two in the picture.
Friday – I did 60 miles since Wednesday. Installed new spark plug wires/boots and o2 sensor. There were no oil on spark plug boots and only old traces of oil in spark plug wells. The engine seems to respond better while driving like crazy and smoother when idling or it’s just a placebo effect after paying $250 for these 2 parts 🙂
Saturday – I tried to change the valve cover gasket and made these photos. The old gasket looked all right without any obvious cracks and was very easy to remove. I have cleaned spark plug wells and spark plugs and put it back together, doing some testing tomorrow.
Since spark plug wells and wire boots are clean, does it mean the oil gets from somewhere else due to a cracked head gasket?
I got booked for a compression test.
Please tell me what you think by looking at these images and “reading” spark plugs
The first two are covered in oil that’s sticky and somewhat heavier than a normal oil found on the 3rd and 4th.
Is it cover supposed to look like this on the inside? I mean these black dirty areas in between spark plug holes look like a layer of carbon.
Wednesday – I’ve got a spark plug wrench and took two spark plugs out and cleaned them. They both were oily as the first two in the picture.
Friday – I did 60 miles since Wednesday. Installed new spark plug wires/boots and o2 sensor. There were no oil on spark plug boots and only old traces of oil in spark plug wells. The engine seems to respond better while driving like crazy and smoother when idling or it’s just a placebo effect after paying $250 for these 2 parts 🙂
Saturday – I tried to change the valve cover gasket and made these photos. The old gasket looked all right without any obvious cracks and was very easy to remove. I have cleaned spark plug wells and spark plugs and put it back together, doing some testing tomorrow.
Since spark plug wells and wire boots are clean, does it mean the oil gets from somewhere else due to a cracked head gasket?
I got booked for a compression test.
Please tell me what you think by looking at these images and “reading” spark plugs
The first two are covered in oil that’s sticky and somewhat heavier than a normal oil found on the 3rd and 4th.
Is it cover supposed to look like this on the inside? I mean these black dirty areas in between spark plug holes look like a layer of carbon.