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<blockquote data-quote="ArkLightning" data-source="post: 16070601" data-attributes="member: 162117"><p>Well, the engine appears to be fixed. I replaced the plugs today but the plugs looked good as apparently were the old coil over plug units. What I did find while installing the plugs was that a large rubber line was running lengthwise down the right valve cover and as I moved it aside I was staring right down the PVC grommet hole with no PVC valve. It was laying loose several inches away. No telling how long it has been off or how it got that way - I'm the only person who touches the truck. It could have been off for a few years as I only put about 4-500 miles a year on it. I had been noticing that I was collecting zero oil in my oil cannister which was puzzling me but I hadn't done anything to investigate. Probably need to change the oil again - been about a year. But seems to run fine now. </p><p></p><p>Boy the plugs were a bitch to get out even through I coated the threads with anti-seize when I changed them years ago. I made up a long straw out of windshield washer tubing and put it on the built in spray straw on a can of WD40 and soaked them down with it to get them to spin out. That regular anti-seize stuff apparently won't stand up to high temps so I installed these with copper, high heat anti-seize paste.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArkLightning, post: 16070601, member: 162117"] Well, the engine appears to be fixed. I replaced the plugs today but the plugs looked good as apparently were the old coil over plug units. What I did find while installing the plugs was that a large rubber line was running lengthwise down the right valve cover and as I moved it aside I was staring right down the PVC grommet hole with no PVC valve. It was laying loose several inches away. No telling how long it has been off or how it got that way - I'm the only person who touches the truck. It could have been off for a few years as I only put about 4-500 miles a year on it. I had been noticing that I was collecting zero oil in my oil cannister which was puzzling me but I hadn't done anything to investigate. Probably need to change the oil again - been about a year. But seems to run fine now. Boy the plugs were a bitch to get out even through I coated the threads with anti-seize when I changed them years ago. I made up a long straw out of windshield washer tubing and put it on the built in spray straw on a can of WD40 and soaked them down with it to get them to spin out. That regular anti-seize stuff apparently won't stand up to high temps so I installed these with copper, high heat anti-seize paste. [/QUOTE]
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