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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 10:18 PM
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What causes spark plugs to foul quickly?

What causes spark plugs to foul quickly? My car is an 83 Z-28 305 with a little over a 100,000 miles. The spark plugs foul up pretty quickly. Some get a lot of black oily stuff on them. Thanks
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 10:25 PM
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unfortunately, w/ 100 K miles, my guess wouild be your piston rings are shot. It happens, part of the game of high mileage. yOu have oil on ypur plugs from your description.
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 10:39 PM
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Oil.

Before my 305 came out, it litterally fouled a brand new set of plugs in 4 hours to the point were they were totally FUBAR.
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 10:52 PM
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Yeah some plugs have oil on them. So im guessing its not gonna be easy to fix this problem.
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Old Nov 25, 2003 | 04:39 AM
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bad tune up, weak spark, oil leaking into the combustion chamber, wrong plug
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Old Nov 25, 2003 | 05:14 AM
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Valve seals.

Does it puff blue smoke on startup after the engine has cooled off?
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Old Nov 25, 2003 | 08:20 PM
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no, it doesnt puff blue smoke on startup
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