i have a 4th gen ex and i recently swapped out my bosch platinum 4's for some NGK plugs and noticed that there was quite a bit of oil on the plugs (on the electrodes AND in the plug tube). i replaced the valve cover gasket and the plug seals but i was wondering if there could be any other cause of this poor oil control in the crankcase. perhaps a blown head gasket? <gasp> also, will oil on the electrodes ruin the plug wires also?
thanks for any input.
-jon-

 

it appears that i used ''also'' twice in one sentence. austin powers much?

''allow myself to introduce.........myself''

 

valve seals

 

duct tape and super glue

 

lol....The world's greatest fixes.

 

its like a gift from god the closer you get to Alabama .. i see it when they come over to my side of FL

 

chew up some bubbulicios, or somthin', it'll plug that **** up all good.....

 

The spark plug oil seals are bad, they aren't hard to replace and are really cheap. My Dealer did it while they were doing a valve adjustment. And the only reason the electrode was coverd in oil is that when you unscrewed the plug the oil ran down onto it. The leak is above the threads. Not sure if it would mess up the wires tho.

 

well my plug seags were replaced less than 10k ago and there is oil in the #2 and #3 plugs, but only on the "nut" part of the plug. any ideas

 

 

replace the valve cover and the 4 seals on the spark plug tubes/

 

Modified by CardDealer at 4:24 PM 11/17/2006