Oil leak from spark plug?
08-29-2018, 03:31 PM
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Oil leak from spark plug?
I just bought a 04 civic 4door sedan and I noticed that there's oil leaking from underneath the plastic spark plug housing.. Car seems to be running fine but it looks like it's been going on for awhile from all the built up oil dripping below.. Is this an easy fix, should I be worried? Should I stop driving it till I can fix it?
08-30-2018, 08:38 AM
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Sounds like Valve cover gasket ant the O-ring gaskets that go around the spark plug tubes. 30 min fix. It'll be ok, nothing major to worry about unless the leak is really bad, but it's a cheap and quick repair, so no reason to put it off.
Sounds like Valve cover gasket ant the O-ring gaskets that go around the spark plug tubes. 30 min fix. It'll be ok, nothing major to worry about unless the leak is really bad, but it's a cheap and quick repair, so no reason to put it off.
09-13-2018, 12:02 PM
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Re: Oil leak from spark plug?
I had the same issue I replaced the valve cover gasket and that fixed the problem but when yah take the cover off look for spots that might be chipped or worn to make that spot leak
09-13-2018, 12:22 PM
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Re: Oil leak from spark plug?
i went ahead and changed the valve cover gasket even though it looked pretty new, whoever has the car before me skimped and didn't change the tube seals, instead they caked the old ones with rtv silicone which threw me through a loop scraping it all off and then figuring out I could just just polio em out.. I might have to pop it open again to put some silicon around the corners like I've seen a few people do on you tube.. I wanted to but I didn't.. Any thoughts on that? For now I'll just Keep spot checking for leaks..
09-13-2018, 01:42 PM
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Re: Oil leak from spark plug?
If it’s not leaking ur fine but it doesn’t hurt to keep checking if the problem comes up again get another gasket and use jb weld high temp rtv under the gasket I think that would be the best bet
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