Thanks for the response neil. Yes currently running without the cat and boy does it sound like a VW. I have a malicious little brother thats a mechanic so we both know our way around the motor's & cars. I suspect foul play, possibly just a hunch but he stopped talking to me, after the fuel leak. I pulled the plugs after having it towed how and they are blacker than black, the whole plug is black. Burning oil and running rich is defiantly a possibility, running nothing past the drivers side last bend, for exhaust. muffler cat, etc... I'll get plugs and a quart and hopefully it should fire right up, but would running without the muffle cat, all of a sudden cause this? Possibilities @dam On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:31 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Kind of hard to decipher your question but..... > > Plug(s) fouled black can mean fuel too rich or oil is fouling them. > Generally speaking. > > If it were me, and I was *certain* some diesel was put in the gas > tank, I'd drain it and whatever else I could (fuel filter, hoses etc. > ... good time to inspect fuel hoses!), clean the plugs, put it back > together, put in new gas, run it, clean the plugs again (if needed), > then hope all is well. > > There may be other things needed to be done, (purge the fuel injectors > ??) but I'm not sure of that. As I said. It's what I'd do. ;) > > You wrote: > > > ...... running without the cat forward, get that. > > ?? > > Neil. > > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Tieitup <tieitup@gmail.com> wrote: > > Running an unleaded 2.1, if someone tipped diesal into the fuel, would it > > eventually clog the plug, turning it black. it seems like some shitty > fuel. > > Rough runnning 2.1, missing power, running fuly through rpms through, 5 > > speed. > > > > Very, very black fouled plugs, running without the cat forward, get that. > > > > Thoughts and opinions are welcome > > > > @dam > > 88 westy 2.1 > > > |
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