What did you accomplish today?

[SSGrower]

Depends on our moon phase and a few other things. Talking to us is always dangerous.

Panty dropper = waxing gibbous

 

[shrxhky420]

Question for you car peoples.
I was changing spark plugs in mamashark's car. I'm putting the last plug in, torqueing it down, and all of a sudden the spark plug well begins to fill with liquid, maybe water, oil, gas? Not sure.
Any ideas? Maybe just need a new valve cover gasket set?
SH420

 

[420God]

They only said 2-4” here in the Twin Cities and I had already cleared that off the driveway by noon.

Have you seen some of the crash video getting posted? Crazy.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2297960756883693&id=100000093725268

 

[BarnBuster]

Question for you car peoples.
I was changing spark plugs in mamashark's car. I'm putting the last plug in, torqueing it down, and all of a sudden the spark plug well begins to fill with liquid, maybe water, oil, gas? Not sure.
Any ideas? Maybe just need a new valve cover gasket set?
SH420

Need to know what kind of liquid. Stick a paper towel down in the well and see what sucks up.

pic of the area maybe?

 

[raratt]

Question for you car peoples.
I was changing spark plugs in mamashark's car. I'm putting the last plug in, torqueing it down, and all of a sudden the spark plug well begins to fill with liquid, maybe water, oil, gas? Not sure.
Any ideas? Maybe just need a new valve cover gasket set?
SH420

First figure out what it is, that will give you your answer.

 

[ChronicWonders.]

Have you seen some of the crash video getting posted? Crazy.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2297960756883693&id=100000093725268

That’s fucking crazy. That rarely occurs here, that shocks me it disrupted that many vehicles. Especially those truckers etc., they usually are pretty good about driving in the snow with distances. Ha ha I just can’t comprehend...that’s like time I was stuck in TN for 8 hrs on the highway after a semi jack knifed.

 

[too larry]

We are lucky and don't have carpenter bees, just carpenter ants. We do have bark beetles that are killing tens of thousands of drought stressed pines and the lumber companies have no use for standing dead trees. Most of my wife's family worked in the lumber mills.

Beetles are bad here too. I've seen some really good work done with the beetle killed wood. Lint's van comes to mind. {he is a super hero in the hiking world. Triple Triple crowner. Like all the best hikers, he lives in a van} The pine is at 13:13 if you don't want to watch the whole tour.

 

[shrxhky420]

Need to know what kind of liquid. Stick a paper towel down in the well and see what sucks up.

pic of the area maybe?

Radiator fluid


SH420

 

[420God]

Radiator fluid
View attachment 4279947

SH420

Intake or head gasket. What kind of car and was there a reason for the tune up?

 

[shrxhky420]

So potentially bad head gasket?
I did notice radiator hoses were squishy

SH420

 

[raratt]

Beetles are bad here too. I've seen some really good work done with the beetle killed wood. Lint's van comes to mind. {he is a super hero in the hiking world. Triple Triple crowner. Like all the best hikers, he lives in a van} The pine is at 13:13 if you don't want to watch the whole tour.

I used the same cork floor on my front bathroom...lol. The blue stain pine is pretty to work with, not worth a dam structurally though.

 

[420God]

So potentially bad head gasket?
I did notice radiator hoses were squishy

SH420

Yeah, but if it's a little 4 banger it might be easy. I've done them in under an hour.

 

[raratt]

Radiator fluid
View attachment 4279947

SH420

Was that down the spark plug hole?

 

[shrxhky420]

Intake or head gasket. What kind of car and was there a reason for the tune up?

Yes, sorry should have elaborated more.
Got 2 codes, misfires 0300 and 0128 code, potentially stuck thermostat.

Yes down spark plug well.
2005 chevy cavalier, 4 banger

SH420

 

[420God]

Yes, sorry should have elaborated more.
Got 2 codes, misfires 0300 and 0128 code, potentially stuck thermostat.

Yes down spark plug well.
2005 chevy cavalier, 4 banger

SH420

That definitely sounds like a head gasket blew.

 

[raratt]

Yes, sorry should have elaborated more.
Got 2 codes, misfires 0300 and 0128 code, potentially stuck thermostat.

Yes down spark plug well.
2005 chevy cavalier, 4 banger

SH420

I don't believe whatever is in there should be there, it should just be the top of a piston...???

 

[shrxhky420]

Damn. Ok. Shouldn't be to hard to do. I've helped once before and have a neighbor that's really good with cars. He's just not around right now.
Oh well maybe next weekend. Glad we have extra vehicles

SH420

 

[420God]

Yes, sorry should have elaborated more.
Got 2 codes, misfires 0300 and 0128 code, potentially stuck thermostat.

Yes down spark plug well.
2005 chevy cavalier, 4 banger

SH420

https://www.amazon.com/ECCPP-Compat...r+head+gasket&qid=1549834890&s=gateway&sr=8-6

 

[raratt]

Do you have mechanical fingers or a magnet to see if what is in there is removable?

 

[shrxhky420]

https://www.amazon.com/ECCPP-Compat...r+head+gasket&qid=1549834890&s=gateway&sr=8-6

Thanks brother. Gonna get one on order right away

SH420