[6pack] TR6 Plugs Carbon Fouled

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With clean plugs installed, I can drive the car all day long.  Plugs are clean afterward.


After a few weeks of not driving the car, but only starting to move it around the garage, etc., the plugs become fouled with carbon.    

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Can u please clarify this:

?The problem is the plugs foul quickly.  

As long as I run the car, the plugs don't foul. ?

Colin

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Thanks,  What can I do?  I?ll try leaning in out and a hotter plug (12 series).  Add upper cylinder lubricate?  I did a compression test (1-6 cylinders): 103,105,100,125,120,75.  Number six with a squirt of oil read 85.  It runs strong otherwise, but needs the choke to start.

I haven?t adjusted the valves.  I think it just needs cleaned out and run to be reliable.  Thanks again. 
Steve Hughes


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next time before starting but after sitting , pull a plug or three and check for oil soak . you may have leaky valve seals . ask me how i know . . .
                                           ztr6

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My 73 has HS6 carbs.  I need the choke to start, but once started I can relieve the choke immediately.  The problem is the plugs foul quickly.  

As long as I run the car, the plugs don't foul.  I think it's just the startups and not running the car when I move it around in and out of the garage, etc, that causes the carbon to build up.

Should I lean the carbs more?  I always thought the choke should be relieved gradually until the car warms up.  Do I need a mixture meter?

Thanks,
Steve Hughes
Gainesville, FL
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