hey just like the title says oil in spark plug hole .

my car just stopped running ... do you think it would have anything to do with the oil in the hole .

No CELs ,

the car was running fine and then it kinda sputtered and died ...

any help would be greatly appreciated !

thanks

 

bump !

 

do you mean it was laying around the spark plug with the plug still in?

 

i took out the pulg wires and there was oil all over it ! .. ive never seen that befor

 

ok thats the problem. clean all that **** out and dry it good. it'll work then. what is happening is that the spark is flashing over the plug and to the valve cover, not going into the cylinder

 

Have you checked the seals? Are they worn?

 

There is a gasket that surrounds each spark plug cylinder most likely if it is just the one cylinder just get a new gasket. It happens when you take the valve cover off. Most of the time there just old and brittle and fall apart but you never notice cuz its not what your looking for at the time.

 

Yup, seen that before. Spark plug tube gasket(s) and most likely leaking. Cheap fix.

 

theyre called the spark plug tube seals and they are generally not sold with just the valve cover gasket they have to be ordered separately

 

clean the oil and change your valve cover gasket seal


Modified by Intake_Kush at 1:34 PM 12/11/2007

 

http://www.hondapartsdeals.com

http://www.slhondaparts.com

^^^ You can check either of those

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Intake_Kush &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">clean the oil and change your head gasket seal </TD></TR></TABLE>

Valve cover gasket, you mean.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mmafighter130 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">theyre called the spark plug tube seals and they are generally not sold with just the valve cover gasket they have to be ordered separately</TD></TR></TABLE>

Every VC gasket set I've bought came with them.

AutoPartsWarehouse.com

 

Yes i meant the valve cover gasket ^^ my bad lol...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Intake_Kush &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yes i meant the valve cover gasket ^^ my bad lol... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Hahaha... I was going to say something, but figured I would just let it play out because that is most likely what you meant.

 

so i just take off the valve cover and is it just a single gastket or 4 seperate ones ?

and thanks everybody !

 

same thing is happening to me. took my cover off to refinish it and put it back on and found that one of the seals around the top of my plug is got a hole in it. just go to dealership and get the new gasget ring and take your cover off and replace it. find the best way to get the oil out. dont pull the plug the oil will go in. youll really hav trouble starting then.good luck

 

im having the same problem.

 

ok well i took out the plug .. i need to replace the gastket .. but how am i supposed to clean all the way down that hole ... do i have to disasemble the head ?

 

^ no just take the spark plug out. then run a towel/rag down the tube to get the oil out.

 

4 separate seals. Clean the excess oil out of the tube. Replace with new spark plug. The new seals go into the valve cover with the spring headed into the vc. So after the install you won't see them. The seals will take a bit of work to remove; I just used a flat-head screwdriver. Be careful not to rough up the sealing surface.