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Re: Water/Rust type stains around Spark plug wells!
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Mon, 03 October 2005 02:17
 
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| Dale_ta22 wrote on Mon, 03 October 2005 12:07 |
1) Does the level in the radiator actually drop?
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The reserve tank drops from Full to empty over a period of about 2-3 weeks
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2) Is water getting onto the leads somehow and running down into the spark plug wells? How are your leads?
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Not that i know off. It seems to be coming from inside the spark plug wells, which are deep, as it's a DOHC engine. But the buildup itself, is only on the tops, none around the visible insides. The leads seem fine.
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It's not like any water hoses run anywhere near where they'd leak water into the spark plug wells from above... and I can't really see water galeries leaking into the spark plug wells without you knowing something was majorly wrong!
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i know there aren't hoses from above, but i'm not sure about how they work inside the engine. So what else could this buildup be? like i said, the first time, it was a rusty brownish powder. My coolant was slightly rusty at the time, but still predominantly green. Now i have flushed it, and it's coming out bluey green, like battery acid. Feels and looks like it too. I don't see how my battery acid would get there though, so i'm confused.
Could it be the spark plugs by anychance? like i said, the problem started when i changed the plugs from NGK to Denso. The denso's seem slightly different, in that the ceramics are a bit thicker, making it harder to pull the leads on and off.
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