Thread: Engine inspection with heads off – what do you see?

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In my opinion you need longer plugs and just wipe off the top of pistons and forget it. Your plugs look to be shrouded or maybe you got them loose already. Do you ever fish the Rabbit? Ben there a few times.

Originally Posted by bigdude

In my opinion you need longer plugs and just wipe off the top of pistons and forget it. Your plugs look to be shrouded or maybe you got them loose already. Do you ever fish the Rabbit? Ben there a few times.

All good suggestions, thanks. I will use my brass and nylon brushes.

The plugs were not in all the way, Only threaded in a bit to protect the combusion chamber from the elements during work. New plugs are going in to replace those rich ones (which actually are proper length).

The intake valves look pretty thin, and sunk into the seats. Also the walls show the wear line of the second ring, as well as the top one. It has quite a few thousand miles since a cheap redo.
Why did you tear it down?