Originally Posted by Canyon Driver
so i replaced my plugs yesterday and found some disturbing stuff... both plugs from one of my cyliders were totally oil fouled. please tell me that these cars have some common simple issues with fouling plugs! i'm gonna pull the compression and check the vacuum for flutter this weekend but i'm scared to see the results as this seems to be my luck with cars in general. and B4 you ask, no, its no long under warranty. /palmforehead
Do the compression and vacuum test. I think you have the right idea. I doubt it's the cylinder rings on a 40k car. More likely that it's the valve stem seals.
I could be wrong...