I'm thinking that it's just the spark plug boot seals need replacement.....someone else said it could be a blown head gasket. I thought there would be oil in the coolant; or leaking between the head and the block; or overheating when the headgasket is blown. Someone, please comment on this. Need to know soon. Thanks.

 

I'd do a compression test. Is the top of the spark plug also oily? If so, check that little gasket (rubber washer).
Yuri K


[Modified by Civic1992DX, 7:14 PM 8/2/2002]

 

Make sure your valve cover bolts are torqued properly. That happened to my sisters' 92 Accord...the bolts were so llose I took them off by hand. I retorqued them and they've ben fine ever since.

 

Yeah I'm gonna check the seals and torque, but I'm trying to figure out the worst case scenario if it could be symptoms of a blown head gasket which I greatly doubt. The car never overheated at all, just some funny oil burning smell.
Oh yeah Yuri, that is where the oil is at......when I pull the spark plug wires out, there's oil all in the sockets.


[Modified by 3rdGteg, 7:40 PM 8/2/2002]

 

Valve cover gasket.

 

It was the three center "valve cover bolts" not tightening up. I can't even take the bolt off to open the valve cover; the bolt just keeps spinning and spinning either way I turn it. Noticing that, I pulled the spark plug wire out and stuck my finger down in-between where the valve cover sits on a spark plug boot seal mating against the internal parts of the head and noticed a little gap where oil could have gotten through and into my spark plugs. Now I'm just stuck on how to pull them valve cover bolts off and fix either the studs or bolts.

 

i was told awhile back that it could also be cause by a bad piston ring might want to check that to..

 

Go to Honda and get a new valve cover gasket, the four round gaskets (that's what is causing the oil leakage), and a couple new studs. Get a pair of visegrips and break that nut off. Then just replace that stud, you can get it out with the visegrips.

 

yeah, it's those 4 round spark plug boot seal that needs to be replaced; but what if it's those studs are the one spinning in the head and not just the valve cover bolts, how hard would it be to retap a new stud in there (if they even have any bigger stud to replace the stock ones).