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Originally Posted by tomtom72
The plenum gasket that fell apart was from that side of the plenum, the side with the coolant in #5 port?
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Actually, it was the other side - the passenger side - that went to pieces.
But HOLD THE PHONE. As suggested I went back out to clean the port. Since it was just glycol, I used the trusty little shop-vac. That might have been a mistake. I think it was actually gasoline in there.
In hindsight, now I've destroyed the "evidence".
Worse, though, I could have blown up the garage if something was sparking in the vacuum.
I really should have known better. Kids, please learn from my stupidity.
However, after kicking myself (easier said than done, BTW) I fished around in the port with a rag and my finger. The sniff test says gasoline, gasoline, gasoline. There's a little drip of coolant where I pulled the plenum off. That smells like coolant. The port doesn't smell at all like coolant.
I went back and looked at the plugs again. None of them look "steam cleaned". #5 is filthy black, fouled really bad.
So I thought it was coolant in there just by the looks of it. But maybe that was just the lighting.
This is a roller-coaster for sure.
Alright, if I promise to quit being stupid, what do you think my next move ought to be? I'm really hoping for a good outcome here.