188K miles supercharged engine status

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Apr 9, 2011 | 08:03 PM

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Well, I feel like an ***... ASSumed you had a Chevy. Makes since if the Ford plugs are mounted more vertically and the wells holding more moisture...

Minus the exterior corrosion... your plugs look good to me

yeah the exterior corrosion was all over the intake and clamps i didnt drive the truck for about 5 weeks and it just set and i popped the hood and the battery terminals were corroded along with surface corrosion on everything else.. i upgraded and added some grounds so now my intake is more susceptible to corrosion than it was before but it dropped the resistance from batter to block from 28ohms to 6 ohms

Apr 9, 2011 | 08:39 PM

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Here's what mine look like after about 10k... plus Torco in every tank. Orange buildup is from the Torco. But I have no external corrosion like you do. You must have alot of salts getting kicked up into your engine bay. BTW, I use a copper anti-seize on the plug threads... overkill I know... but it works too

you might want to clean your O2 sensors as well they will get that same orange sulfur build up on them just like your plugs do. i would either replace them or cleaned them with an ultra sonic cleaner or get after them with a wire brush. but fuel additives can ruin O2 sensors

Apr 9, 2011 | 08:45 PM

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I had the same problem with the mustang I had. The plugs are sitting in the bottom of a 5" well. I like to keep my motor clean so I would always have to remove the coil packs and blow them out with air when I washed the motor. It was a pain. The plugs still always looked like yours lol.