carb issues.....

[tireboy]

today i did a full tune up on my 86 nova aka rolla ... pulled the plugs n discovered that they were all fouled with white crud... so i checked the oil n no milkshake... n im not loosing anti freeze...one of my co workers said it may be running rich .... so i finnshed my thing n even checked the timing .. which was right on the money .. i fired up the beast n got a big puff n it smelled of gas really bad...ive checked im my haynes manual to find out i have to take the car to a toyota dealer for this problem .. to adjust the mixture... is there any way of doing this myself ??? or get one of the mechanics to do it???? . my car originated new from the coast . vancouver area... could this be the issue ???? seeing as ive been living in the interior ... altitude difference????? n ive also noticed that there is a few breakers on the passengers side behind a kick panel ... could these be for the feed back system ????or maybe one of em are toast ?????

any help would be greatly appreciated ... thanks

drive hard n drive fast

[retiredat44]

how many miles are on the carb?

[91gtssilvertop]

white crud on the plugs? Sounds like an oil burner to me.
Rnning rich = black sooty plugs.

[tireboy]

as of today 317,000km as far as i know its an all original motor .. funny thing is that it doesnt burn oil .... i do have a small leak from the oil pan ... but other wise its good.. one of the techs has suggested that i convert to a weber carb ... ive priced out the 32/36 weber n its worth bout 350 bucks n comes with all the necessary parts to fit my car...n i dont have to worry bout ... emmisions testing in this part of the country .....

[toyomoho]

Check the link below and match the condition of your plugs.

http://www.centuryperformance.com/spark2.asp

If now at a higher altitude, the engine would tend to run richer.

[tireboy]

thanks for the link .. i checked it out to no avail... according to the pics my car is not burning oil ... am at a total loss to figure this problem out .......