My #6/7 spark plug area seems to be getting rather hot at idle, and it gets hot quickly. First noticed it the other day when I was pulling my spark plug wires to check resistances. My #6 boot and wire were melted bad (see pic). I have since put thermal boot covers over the boots, but today i noticed smoking in that area, and found that my wire separator near the #6 and #7 was melted, and i just installed the separators to other day (see other pic). Just got out the old infared thermometer and recorded temps 600+ degrees F on the header pipe near the #s 6 & 7 plugs whereas the other header pipes were significantly cooler.
What could be the issue?
One thing i did notice today was that cylinder #7 seems to be behaving erratically (misfiring?). I was checking the timing, and for the heck of it, i decided to check each plug wire's reading relative to its timing counterpart (opposite posts on the distributor--the wire for plug 7 is opposite of 4, opposite of 6 is 1, etc.). The timing for the #7 was jumping around. I could sporadically see the base timing marks. What the heck is going on? Tfi or spout problem? I did the "relative timing test after the spout was popped back in; maybe i should do it again with spout removed to see if it's an issue with the eec advance of the timing?
Anyway, i imagine the weird timing/misfire thing could be related to the extra heat that melted stuff?
Thanks for your input. God knows i need it!
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