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Author:  Booglie [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:48 pm ]
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Today I was sitting at the lights with my mini idling and it started to miss I wasn't far from home so I drove the next few hundred metres in first gear very slowly, upon getting home I removed the plugs to check them out and was shocked to find number one plug in this state.

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What would cause this to happen at idle?
Author:  Monaco [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:56 pm ]
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Looks like something is floating around in the combustion chamber.....a bit of valve, piston or ring? Looks like the thread has been hit by something too!
Author:  Booglie [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:03 pm ]
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I forgot to mention the engine done this approximately 6 months ago on one and two, upon discovery I removed the head but could not find any object or damage inside the chamber it seems very odd to me, I will be removing the head to check again though.
Author:  mini_mad_matt [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:44 pm ]
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I would also say looks like something has been in there that doesn't compress very easily.
Author:  norton [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:27 pm ]
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something may have been sucked in and then passed through into the exhaust. I had a piece of carby slide break off and do the same to a plug on my bike !
Author:  Convertible Mini [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:32 am ]
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You could use 'short reach' plugs!!! They lower compression and will also prevent this from happening again.
Author:  micool [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:28 am ]
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Sh*t that don't look to good it may have passed through into the exhaust by now.
Author:  Diesel27 [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:21 pm ]
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It must be of some concern that this same event occurred recently?
like norton mentioned, have you any missing pieces from the intake side?
Limit valve still in one piece?
Author:  gtogreen1969 [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:45 pm ]
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Its amazing what you find in engines sometimes.
I had a hilux that stalled one day. Popped the bonnet and noticed the aircleaner was loose and the centre stud on the carby was missing. Found the stud stuck in number 3 inlet valve. A $50 head gasket and 3 hours later it was running again.
Author:  69k1100 [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:31 pm ]
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Still have both the screws on the carb butterfly? They're deformed from the factory so they don't come out but if someone's put a normal screw in it could have fallen out and been sucked in. Personally I would pull the head. You'd have to be very lucky for it to have missed the valves on the way through.
Author:  i got a mini [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:10 pm ]
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If u have double valve springs make sure the inner spring isn't broken and losing peices :) could explain y it's done it twice mayb
Author:  Diesel27 [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:49 pm ]
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that is interesting, can this still happen with single valve springs?
Author:  Mick [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:50 pm ]
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i got a mini wrote:
If u have double valve springs make sure the inner spring isn't broken and losing peices :) could explain y it's done it twice mayb


Certainly important when you have coil bind from too great a lift for the springs, but there's not really a path into the intake from the rocker cover.
Author:  i got a mini [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:43 pm ]
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Didn't think of that now lol my bad
Author:  Monaco [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:41 pm ]
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Might pay to borrow a bore scope and have a look in the cylinder?
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