Yesterday I was driving at 50mph when my civic just died(motor not power). Tried to pop the clutch to restart and that didn't work. Tried to start it and it started once for a second, sputtered then died. I towed it home. Once I got home tried to start and it started fine, it ran for about 3 mins then it died.

I was thinking it might be the dizzy/coil. I pulled my plug wires and all four are covered in oil.

Is this what is causing my car to die? How do I repair this? Is it just the seals?

I really would appreciate any help. This is my only car and I need to fix it asap.

 

As far as the oil in your plug holes . That's just the little rubber seals around each plug ypu can either use permatex around them or get new seals. I wouldn't think that is your problem for stalling out not sure on that whole deal.

 

Sounds like it could be ur igniter in the distributor could be bad..

 

I recently replaced my ignition coil, it fixed a no start issue I was having problems with after driving for a while. As far as the tubes collecting oil it could be the tube seals that should come with a quality valve cover gasket kit. But unfortunately it tends to be the rocker arm seals, if you want to prevent engine damage and leaks in the future, I'd invest the time for research and doin the procedures properly