"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
10/08/2016 at 12:03 • Filed to: tucker
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"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
10/08/2016 at 12:03 • Filed to: tucker | 1
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Alright guys, my morning project is finished...and uh...I don’t have good news.
Firstly. There are A LOT of drops of oil on the ground...Peering under the engine, they’re coming from the block or from the oil pan, not from my newly installed filter and not from the drain. The tranny is also leaking, just cuz, I guess.
Oil and coolant appear to be clean, so a big whew so far. Now to dig into the coils/plugs!
Cylinder 1 (Right side): The coil housing is covered in brown dust that smells like old oil. The coil itself is sparkling clean, though. The plug is well, covered in oil. The spark area is dry, but the rest of it is dripping wet with oil. The spark plug well has visibly wet oil inside of it.
Cylinder 2 (Middle): The coil housing is covered in the same amount of brown dust as Cylinder 1's coil housing. It also has a very clean coil. The plug itself also has wet oil on it, however not as much as Cylinder 1. Likewise, the well for Cylinder 2 has some wet oil in it, but not a lot.
Cylinder 3 (Left Side): This was the cleanest of the bunch. The coil housing has what I’d consider a normal amount of dust on it (not a lot) and the coil itself is as sparkly as the other two. The plug itself has dried oil on it, and in lesser amounts than Cylinders 1 and 2. The well for Cylinder 3 actually looks pretty dry.
I went on ahead and replaced those plugs with new ones, we’ll see what happens.
I also saw some damage from the overheating, looks like some of the liner (towards the handbrake handle) of the engine bay burned off.
jkm7680
> Mercedes Streeter
10/08/2016 at 12:08 |
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Oof, that sounds like a mess.
Time for Tucker II?
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/677848831/overview/
LongbowMkII
> Mercedes Streeter
10/08/2016 at 12:12 |
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Hayabusa swap.
gmctavish needs more space
> Mercedes Streeter
10/08/2016 at 12:19 |
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Valve cover gasket? That’s what’s happening to my friends E30 right now, one of the spark plug wells keeps getting an oil bath and making it misfire
Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
> Mercedes Streeter
10/08/2016 at 12:28 |
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If I had a Smart in my inventory, I’d write your name on it right now
random001
> gmctavish needs more space
10/08/2016 at 13:19 |
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This was my thought, too. Also, my experiences with wet plugs and dripping mystery oil, valve cover gasket.
Tristan
> Mercedes Streeter
10/08/2016 at 13:43 |
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Hopefully it’s just a valve cover leak. Did you do a compression test while you were in there?
comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
> LongbowMkII
10/08/2016 at 13:44 |
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It’s the LS swap for the “too small for an LS to fit” crowd.
Frenchlicker
> Mercedes Streeter
10/08/2016 at 13:55 |
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Sounds like a valve cover leak. Also I feel you on the tranny leak, I’ve got that problem currently too.
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Frenchlicker
> jkm7680
10/08/2016 at 13:55 |
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I’m to the point that if could live with one of those I would buy it.
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LongbowMkII
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
10/08/2016 at 15:13 |
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That may be. Doesn’t make it wrong though.
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comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
> LongbowMkII
10/08/2016 at 15:53 |
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Oh, no, that makes it sooo right.
Cé hé sin
> Mercedes Streeter
10/08/2016 at 16:08 |
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Have you identified which cylinder is missing, and does it correspond to the oily plug?