spark plug well gasket?

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MaKaVe1i
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can this be another possibility, dat my spark plug well gaskets blew, causing 2 of my spark plug wells to fill up wit oil and cover the spark plug threats only,

all this bs happen when i was racing, somting blew at 5k in 3rd, running stock everything, excepft for exhaust, intake.stock boost and turbo.

i rplaced the stock turbo and all neccecary gaskets, new plugs, ran motor, motor is alot quieter, since i rplaced my ripped exhuast manifold gasket. idles much better, but still shoots alot of white smoke starting at around 2k rpms.i noticed that when i lifted one of the ignition coils out of the spark plug wells, it would make the engine want to die, i repeated to all of the coils, and only one did this

now, i finally did a compression test my self after many attempts. #1 = 0, #2 = 175, #3 = 195, #4 = 205.

hopefuly some one has any insight on my problen.


180fan
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well the little spark plug rings are pretty cheap and easy to install. There's a bit of oil that sloshes around near there so yeah that could be a possibility about your oil seeping into the plug wells. It's not like you're pumping blue smoke out your pipe so you're not burning it so yeah that leaves only the ring that's letting oil in if you're getting it in the plug wells.

but the white smoke might be an indicator that you're burning coolant...might want to check the oil for mixing of water and oil.

MaKaVe1i
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but would cylender #1 read 0 psi on a compression test if the plug well gasket is blown? or head gasket, or blown piston?

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you have a blown head gasket. given the white smoke and the 0 compression, it's obvious that you have a blown head gasket.

Nismo_Freak
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Blown headgasket wouldn't yield 0 compression...

Blown piston would yeild 0 compression... keep in mind detonation could cause both problems to develope.

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still. white smoke after replacing the turbo would still say to me head gasket. I did, however, forget that the HG won't yield 0 compression results. Oops

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0 psi, would have to be either a bent/broken valve or a blown piston/ring. But that doesnt explain the white smoke..

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Synthetic oil burns white and sometimes with a bluish tint if it has non-syn bases.

It is also possible that detonation has put a hole in his piston and also destroyed the headgasket as a result.


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