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den912 04-14-2022 11:51 AM

Sooting plug
 
My 1970 911 T keeps having plug issues on cylinder 4, the plug soots up and affects the running of the engine(low on power) the car has new PMOs and has been on a rolling road 3 times but after a couple of hundred miles the same thing happens, I’ve tried hotter plugs but again the same cylinder and the plug soots up
The plug in the pic has less than 300 miles, all the other plugs are clean, what could be causing this and what could be done to remedy ithttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1649965940.png

john walker's workshop 04-14-2022 12:27 PM

Perhaps the jetting is on the rich side. What do you have? What plugs? What ignition? Float levels correct?

den912 04-14-2022 12:50 PM

I’ve got a 123 distributor NGK BP 5ES Plugs

digitaldgp 04-14-2022 02:12 PM

Following

Trackrash 04-14-2022 02:59 PM

Most likely float levels or needle valves. With the excuse for gas they sell now you have to be very accurate with your float levels. Even a mm too high and it will cause trouble.

How do your other plugs look? Any mods to the motor and what are the specs on your carbs?

Were you running Zeniths and just changed to PMOs?

den912 04-14-2022 11:21 PM

Plug on cylinder 5 a bit sooty but the others are fine, the motor has been freshly rebuilt and has E cams now fitted, I’ve read on other threads that fitting an “MSD 6AL with booster coil” but can this be retro fitted with a 123 dizzy

T77911S 04-15-2022 04:03 AM

one plug?
how about the plug wire.
if you can swap 2 try that.

cap and rotor been replaced.

do a compression test.
check intake bolts.

you said 4 then 5 ???


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