Working out of town, need some diagnostic help

[COCHEV]

So I'm working out of town and was headed to the home dumpo and the burb is running real sputtery this morning. Went back to the lodge where I'm staying and did some poking around with my limited tools I have on the road...

Coolant in the overflow rez is brown. Coolant in rad looks green. Oil looks fine. So I pull the plugs next. Most look just fine. #3 and 6 look a little ashy?

# 4 looks like crap. Black and oily...

Cap and rotor look just fine. What say the brotherhood? Do I have a head gasket issue?

 

[sweetk30]

plugs burning little oil . prob valve seals most common on our style motors .

and res jug always gets brownish first as the coolent is a lot more stagnet and or never gets flushed or swaped out when main system is cleaned .

 

[COCHEV]

plugs burning little oil . prob valve seals most common on our style motors .

and res jug always gets brownish first as the coolent is a lot more stagnet and or never gets flushed or swaped out when main system is cleaned .

Thanks man. I know my valve seals are shot. I put some new plugs in it for now. I've been putting off replacing the valve seals, cause its sooo fun. Guess I need to step it up and get to it on one of my trips home

 

[chulisohombre]

I don't know what they are called but you can put the plug saver things on the end of the plugs to keep the oil off of them on the bad plug cylinders.

 

[wheeler]

I believe they are called anti-foulers. Don't have any experience personally but they might get you a little longer on the valve seals.

 

[chulisohombre]

My truck had them before I rebuilt the top end. It has a little hole in the end where the air fuel mix can still get spark to burn. But protects the electrode from getting oil fouled. They will get you by until you decide to do the heads. It does help. It's a bandaid but serves its purpose.

 

[COCHEV]

I'll have the look into those. Trying to hold out till I can get a work trailer to pull with the Ho. Then I can take her down for a bit

 

[chulisohombre]

It looks like a adaptor for a compression Guage. It screws into the end of the plug then screw both into the head. It has a compression end to keep the cylinder sealed.
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