Wet And Rusty Spark Plugs :( Head Gasket Failure?

[pyrrhic 14 2 Cars]

It all points to me needing a new head gasket, right?

 

Car sometimes sputters when on part throttle. No oil on coolant, no coolant on oil... yet!

 

Spark plugs show wetness and corrosion, see here: http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=150486&p=1404036

 

So what are other might-as-well-do-it-while-the-cylinder-head-is-out kind of jobs on these cars? I imagine timing belt, water pump, seals around head cover and distributor, others??

 

I wish my Peugeots were as reliable as my Saabs!

[Kane 34]

Rebuilding the head might be worth while when you have it out. New oil stem seals and such, they all come with the head gasket set anyway.

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

Do not touch head gasket. That water is external to the engine.

[pyrrhic 14 2 Cars]

Tom, is that a common thing to have water accumulate there?

[Stu 18]

As above, that looks like external water, not coolant. My Mi used to be a swine for filling the spark plug holes with water, but i had a vented bonnet...

[welshpug 1,661]

if you have the wrong plug leads yes.

[pyrrhic 14 2 Cars]

Welshpug, I can go out and take a picture of mine in an hour or so, but the ones I have are similar to these, are they wrong? http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=iZU_aCS8UUDCAM&tbnid=eAI7wHYnbM5YKM:&ved=0CAQQjhw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fbhp%2F205-gti-ignition&ei=8AwsU8GvMOaN7QbP24BY&bvm=bv.62922401,d.ZGU&psig=AFQjCNFLuKzMTHQ_JU6fvQ9zHw-mHZ7adw&ust=1395482213402419

 

What would be the correct plugs?

Edited March 21, 2014 by pyrrhic

[Stu 18]

Thinking about it, the water ties in with your spluttering problem too, i would bet good money when the spark plug wells are full of water the ht is tracking to earth through it...

[pyrrhic 14 2 Cars]

Thinking about it, the water ties in with your spluttering problem too, i would bet good money when the spark plug wells are full of water the ht is tracking to earth through it...

 

ht?

[Mac Crash 78 1 Cars]

High tension, the leads...

[Stu 18]

Yeah the 'high tension' side of the coil that fires the plug. Like any energy it'll follow the path of least resistance so would rather discharge down to earth via the water than through the relatively high resistance of the spark plug.