fidelcastrol

Is the sparkplug black and covered in gas on the combustion chamber side or the side that attaches to the coil?

PurpleIcedGT

Where in Connecticut are you located?

Slick72

The side of the spark plug that is covered is the side in the combustion chamber.

Purple: I live in Meriden.

fidelcastrol

Are any of the other plugs gapped wrong

Slick72

Nope, the other plugs appeared to gapped correctly. I ordered 8 new OEM motocraft plugs and should arrive tomorrow. EDIT: After closer examination, I turns out one of the other plugs gaps decreased as well. While not smashed in like the other ones that shot out, it was probably on its way there.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...610032919.jpg/

On a far side note, I seafoamed the car 100 miles ago. 1/3 in PCV and another third in gas tank. Maybe the carbon break-ups didn't completely exit the engine?

Slick72

Well, I got my plugs in. Torqued each plug to about 13lbs. Wen't to start it up and the car would not turn over. All I hear is a click click click from the fuel pump. Seeings how the car would start before the plugs and I let it sit over night with the keys out of car, I don't really see how battery could of drained. I'm hoping its something simple like battery cables. I'm going to try jumping it and see what happens.

EDIT: Got the car started with jumpers. Had to WOT to start it. Once it got running it needed constant WOT to stay going. There was no engine ticking/knocking like previously, but the car popped twice and sounded like it was coming from the spark plugs. The car reeked of gas like before and gas was dripping out of exhaust (turn downs). I'm all out of ideas, i'm going to have a compression test ran to find out if its piston/valve damage. I'll pray its not. Any other ideas?

Heres a video of the car running. Sorry about sound quality, damn long tube headers are so loud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL2oXOROLoI

Hangwire

Dude your threading is screwed. Just re-tapping the spark plug threading WILL NOT fix the issue. You have to replace the cylinder heads, time-sert it or helicoil it. No other way around it. Its not an easy or cheap fix for the most part.

Slick72

I had the hole helicoiled. The threading is not the issue anymore, the plug is in there correctly. I've had spark plugs come out before while the threads were still intact and even without the plug in it on previous occasions, the car would start w/o WOT, not smell like gas/leak it out tailpipes, not die without giving it gas and not backfire.