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Old 12-26-2020 | 09:47 AM
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Those plugs are toast; yes some worse than others.
How many hours on the engine?
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Old 12-26-2020 | 09:50 AM
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Seeing a bit of oil burn, some rich and some lean
Have injectors cleaned and flow tested
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Old 12-26-2020 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Sydwayz
Those plugs are toast; yes some worse than others.
How many hours on the engine?
About 480 hours on engine.
I changed the spark plugs last winter for 2020 season. So they are barely 1 year old.

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Seeing a bit of oil burn, some rich and some lean
Have injectors cleaned and flow tested
Okey thank you. But the plug that is all black, feels that it is something wrong there
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Old 12-26-2020 | 01:35 PM
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Could need valve seals
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Old 12-26-2020 | 01:36 PM
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Two more pictures:

Port side


Starboard side

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Old 12-26-2020 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by AllDodge
Could need valve seals
On what spark plug/s do you see burned oil?
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Old 12-26-2020 | 02:45 PM
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Not counting the oil on the threads looks could be 7 and 6, but latest pics not as much, but there is some kind of by product. Is that rust down inside 5
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Old 12-26-2020 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by AllDodge
Not counting the oil on the threads looks could be 7 and 6, but latest pics not as much, but there is some kind of by product. Is that rust down inside 5
okey, yes it looks like rust down inside. Dont know what the wite stuff is.

Heres some nearby pictures, also nearby picture of the 3 plugs on port side, also with rust inside.

Took the boat up in september and it have been stored in my garage tent since then.




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Old 12-26-2020 | 04:16 PM
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From my rookie opinion,
has injectors been serviced
leak down/compression test
Is it stock exhaust reversion issue?
for only 1 season on plugs U got deeper problems.
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Old 12-26-2020 | 04:27 PM
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Have you pressure tested your exhaust? Could be a water leak and the white stuff salt.
My plugs looked like that except the white stuff when my CMI´s gave up. Also as mentioned before, check compression.
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