After the leaf blower wouldn't kick over, cleaned the spark plug and replaced the gas. Fired right up, albeit with a lot of blue smoke. Any mods for it? Next week, replace the spark plug, filter and oil on the Torro. That time of year again. And maybe add an ///M badge to it.
BMW is missing out on the whole sports-push-mower market segment. Here's a nitrous-powered lawn mower, they named it Mow-Zilla.
I did the full Griot's on the exterior of my son's 2000 Saab 9-3. Clay bar, Machine Polish 3, One Step Sealant.
Picking up my Toyota T100 today. Stupid #1 spark plug backed out and blew out the threads. No easy way to fix for sure, Toyota dealership insists on complete head job (both heads) - $4K - with new head. Now my '95/125K mile $7K T100 is worth $8K. Don't ever let anyone tell you that Toyotas are cheaper to maintain than BMWs (although this head job is cheaper than an N52/N54).
Did you already do the repair? Spark plug thread repair inserts from HeliCoil or TimeSert are readily available. And why both heads?
A helicoil was put in 2 1/2 years ago. It blew out (I have the head) and there was nothing to be done like that. Well, perhaps heli-arcing new material in after cleaning it out and then re-tapping. But the spark plug hole is big enough to take the larger plug threads from older spark plugs... so I don't have much confidence of anything holding. They're just being picky about removing both heads. Have to admit, if you re-build (or replace) a head on a V-anything, the other side ends up being weak. The cost to do the other head was negligible in the scheme of things.
