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RE: blue sparkplug dust

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Subject: RE: blue sparkplug dust
From: "Juha Saarinen" <juha_saarinen@email.msn.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 12:00:25 -0000
Polly! You're here too!

It must be that four-inch lift you gave your Rangie... ;-)

Cheers,

-- Juha

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Polly Welch
> Sent: Friday, September 04, 1998 6:37 PM
> To: buick-rover-v8@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: blue sparkplug dust
> 
> 
> Hi,
> Here is my first question to this list, which I'm not sure I even belong
> to (you decide - have an '88 RR with a '63 buick 215 v-8 block).  I
> posted this already to the LRO list, but in case I don't get response, I
> need help so here are the details:
> 
> Yesterday as accelerating on the highway, noticed the RR was "missing" a
> 
> bit.  Couldn't hear anything, just felt some intermittent minor loss of
> power every several seconds or so.  Drove home about 3 miles and popped
> the hood.  Looked right at the spark plug wires thinking one might be
> loose, and instantly noticed one sitting cock-eyed.  Lifted it up, spark
> 
> plug is basically eroded away and all that is left is some turqoise
> colored residue/dust crap.  Not knowing if this is like a majot thing -
> I went in to tell Caveman (affectionate name for husband) who shook his
> head and said "take it to the dealership".  I asked if I could just put
> in a new sparkplug and he
> muttered something about detonating the cylinder. So..... I drove it
> back to work this morning and it behaved the same way.  What is up?
> Polly
> '88 RR
> 
> 


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