Head gasket?

[newb]

After spending a fortune recently on my car I finally got all suspension etc and gearbox back together and everything tracked up, only to notice a miss fire/splutter a day later? Checked spark plugs this morning and 1 and 2 where covered in white/cream gunk. Is this the head gasket? And if so how much am I looking at? I can't afford to spend anymore money on this car getting ridicules now. Thoughts people?

 

[MartinR]

Lol.

Thats just moisture / condesation from in the plug well on the ht lead.

Spray a bit of wd-40 in the end of the lead and wipe off any of the crud.

Plugs look a bit black but could be many things but nothing major imo. Head gasket isn't a problem there.


Think the word is oxidisation on the metal thats causing the white stuff.

 

[Fletcher]

Head gasket failures on the F4R are very rare anyway.

 

[newb]

Haha Spinksy just said could be moisture and called me a Derek for forgetting to put bonnet down as I washed front of car lol . Plugs are due and was running it a while after build before I got it remapped last year at rs tuning so maybe that didn't help life of plugs. Just wiped them up and tried again but still sounding like a Subaru but without the power. So back to my first thought either leads or coil pack causing miss fire. Girlfriend will be happy I won't be using holiday money to fix car again

 

[Chip-mk1]

Very unlikely to be headgasket, its obviously possible but it really is uncommon on these unless you have got a hole in the radiator and drove around with it dry!

 

[newb]

Update. Cleaned plugs and HT leads again and so far so good running on all 4

Thanks guys was ready for having a meltdown after everything iv done to car recently just was moisture on plugs and leads.

 

[MartinR]