I noticed the other day that the rocker cover gasket needs replacing as there's a bit of oil particularly at the bulkhead end of the engine. The oil is also around the head gasket area but I'm not sure if this is just oil from the rocker cover. I do hope so.
While I was on with looking at oil seepage I decided that I would change the spark plugs as I have no idea how old they are. Well I could only get 4 plugs out so they've probably been on a while. Now I'm no expert when it comes to spark plugs but they didn't look good. Fouled generally with a bit of oil around the thread but not on the electrode and they all looked pretty similar.
I'm hoping its the mixture or whatever rather than something more serious, is it sooty rather than total oil?. If its got to be something more serious I'm hoping valves and cylinder head rather than pistons and block. I'll have to get my hand on a better wrench to get the other 2 plugs out as I was using a simple T bar from Halfords and I need something with a long bar to get more torque.
The plugs that were in were BP6ES NGK plugs and I've put in BPR5E which is the standard plug from Rimmer Bros. Its a hotter plug as I understand but I'm not sure if thats going to help much or not.
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