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Alias · 03-19-2002, 03:01 PM

After my car warms up I can smell gas. SO I checked my plug which are only 300 miles old and they seem to have a little too much carbon on them. When I took them out my socket was wet from cylinder one. It had a few drops on it, and it wasn't gas. So do have a bad head gasket? Maybe its time to scrap the KA-T plan and get an SR20. LOL.

91CRXsiR · 03-19-2002, 05:03 PM

you could check your oil to see if there is gasoline in your engine , or you could start your car with a plug out and see if it spits out coolant. either way get it checked and you shouldn't run on it.

blew out my GT-S a few months back.. was a bitch to get it repaired..

HotRodGuy · 03-19-2002, 05:07 PM

Hummm...could it be that what yer smellin' is acutally the antifreeze burning and not gas? If it's wet and it ain't gas or oil then it has to be antifreeze. Could be a head gasket or even worse a cracked head. Now, was the electrode on the end of the plug wet or just the socket? Take a flashlight and look down into the spark plug hole (if you can) and look for water on top of the piston. If there's any then you got problems.

Don't scrap the KA-T idea. Rebuild that sucker and punch it out a little (over bore), git a good set of forged pistons and slap on a turbo kit. For about 3 or 4 grand you'll have a screamer! At least that's what I'd do!  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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Alias · 03-19-2002, 05:23 PM

Thanks guys! You don't have to worry about me driving it. I totaled my clutch today. Well fryed it actually. Alot of smoke, a bad smell, and a towing bill and here I am LOL.

*sykikchimp* · 03-19-2002, 05:48 PM

stick a clean shop rag down in there and pull it out.  Smell the wet part.  Got any smell to it?

Alias · 03-19-2002, 06:56 PM

Nope no smell as far as I can remember. In the morning I will go out there and check it again.

luey02 · 03-20-2002, 08:33 AM

it's not oil? you sure? my plug 2 was oily..  dirty oil so I'm sure it's engine oil.   it went a way, not a  big deal..

03-19-2002, 05:07 PM	#3
HotRodGuy Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tennessee Age: 54 Posts: 105 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Hummm...could it be that what yer smellin' is acutally the antifreeze burning and not gas? If it's wet and it ain't gas or oil then it has to be antifreeze. Could be a head gasket or even worse a cracked head. Now, was the electrode on the end of the plug wet or just the socket? Take a flashlight and look down into the spark plug hole (if you can) and look for water on top of the piston. If there's any then you got problems. Don't scrap the KA-T idea. Rebuild that sucker and punch it out a little (over bore), git a good set of forged pistons and slap on a turbo kit. For about 3 or 4 grand you'll have a screamer! At least that's what I'd do!  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> __________________ '91 240sx SE Fastback (sold to a kid who wrecked it) '93 Chevy Silverado '03 Chevy Cavalier '05 Chevy Tahoe If it ain't broke... don't fix it, just tweek on it and make it faster!

03-19-2002, 05:48 PM	#5
sykikchimp WOW addicted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the moon Age: 44 Posts: 6,525 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	stick a clean shop rag down in there and pull it out.  Smell the wet part.  Got any smell to it? __________________

03-20-2002, 08:33 AM	#7
luey02 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 519 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	it's not oil? you sure? my plug 2 was oily..  dirty oil so I'm sure it's engine oil.   it went a way, not a  big deal.. __________________ K. Lu

03-19-2002, 03:01 PM	#1
Alias Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Piqua,OH Posts: 229 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	After my car warms up I can smell gas. SO I checked my plug which are only 300 miles old and they seem to have a little too much carbon on them. When I took them out my socket was wet from cylinder one. It had a few drops on it, and it wasn't gas. So do have a bad head gasket? Maybe its time to scrap the KA-T plan and get an SR20. LOL.

03-19-2002, 05:03 PM	#2
91CRXsiR Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: City of Industry, CA [626] Age: 42 Posts: 2,092 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	you could check your oil to see if there is gasoline in your engine , or you could start your car with a plug out and see if it spits out coolant. either way get it checked and you shouldn't run on it. blew out my GT-S a few months back.. was a bitch to get it repaired..

03-19-2002, 05:23 PM	#4
Alias Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Piqua,OH Posts: 229 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Thanks guys! You don't have to worry about me driving it. I totaled my clutch today. Well fryed it actually. Alot of smoke, a bad smell, and a towing bill and here I am LOL.

03-19-2002, 06:56 PM	#6
Alias Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Piqua,OH Posts: 229 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Nope no smell as far as I can remember. In the morning I will go out there and check it again.