i replaced my head gasket with another oem one when i upgraded my head studs last summer. now i find a lot of oil around my spark plugs and a slight oil drips around the bottom of the head. still runs fine and smooth but it's eating oil. could it be the rings? how would you know?

 

i think its your spark plugs seal that are on the valve cover im about 99% sure

 

yup it got to be the spark plug seal

 

yeah there is a seal on the dizzy on the side its a small ring where it goes into the cams they go out to

 

how do you know if the h.g. is bad?

 

water in the oil/oil in the water compression/leak down test

 

well i'll give it a try, the oil seems in the cylinder not on top of the plug. comp test read left to right 1- 200psi, 2- 190psi, 3- 185psi, 4- 200psi,

 

i thought gsr's were supposed to have a lot more compression than that.

 

my buddy says his was about 210-220 across. mines is about 150k but i do take good care of her.