what is this plug telling me?
04 tahoe with 105k miles. This is only plug like it. I detected a slight miss in eng. It didn't set a code.the treads of plug did have oil on them. Yeah it looks bad. Also tail pipe has a sooty look to it. On first start of day for first 10 seconds I hear a very slight knock that goes away. Oil pressure is never low or below 40 psi. The knocking or piston slap sound is louder on cold winter days than hot summer days. Truck get typical mpg. 15 city 18 hwy. It is awd.
Anything else.
Anything else.
I wondered if it was worn valve guide, bad rings on piston, bad plug wire or coil, crank position sensor, Or bad injector. Thought id ask the experts before beginning my guessing game. I changed the plugs 7000 miles ago and this us what the #7 looked like then also. They r original wires n coils.
another symptom is on hard acceleration no smoke out tail pipe till I hit 5k rpm. And when it does, it's black not blue. So could it be a defective injector? Leaky or maybe just dumps fuel @ high rpm? Help it greatly appreciated.
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