I have been having a reoccuring problem with my spark plugs.
After considerable trouble last summer preparing for a 5-week cruise, low power in forward was cured by simply replacing my spark plugs which were not black, oily or sooty. The plugs seemed to have a shiney, whitish coating.
This spring, I tried the new Autolite plugs that Don is selling hoping that the hotter plug would be better.
Yesterday on my way home from Oyster Bay, the low power in forward came back (I had been motoring with out incident for 4 days). We pulled into Bushwick inlet on the East River and dropped the hook. I removed the plugs, scraped and sanded the tips shiney, regapped and reinstalled. Problem solved! We were back underway and home an hour later.
My plug wires are installed in the correct order.
Any thoughts? Timing, points, plug wires?
After considerable trouble last summer preparing for a 5-week cruise, low power in forward was cured by simply replacing my spark plugs which were not black, oily or sooty. The plugs seemed to have a shiney, whitish coating.
This spring, I tried the new Autolite plugs that Don is selling hoping that the hotter plug would be better.
Yesterday on my way home from Oyster Bay, the low power in forward came back (I had been motoring with out incident for 4 days). We pulled into Bushwick inlet on the East River and dropped the hook. I removed the plugs, scraped and sanded the tips shiney, regapped and reinstalled. Problem solved! We were back underway and home an hour later.
My plug wires are installed in the correct order.
Any thoughts? Timing, points, plug wires?
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