Car - '92 Honda Accord

My brother called saying that his car was running really bad, so I told him to stop by. Pulled the plug wires, and oil was covering the base of the spark plugs, more so in #1 and it became less as you go to #4. What would cause this... valve cover gasket?

Any help is greatly appreciate!!!

 

It could be as simple as leaks in the 4 spark plug grommets. How do they look?

 

Yeah, try the simple sparkplug hole rubber O rings

Hopefully that will do it.

Wouldn't be the valvecover gasket (gasket the perimeters the entire valvecover)

 

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if the plugs are dry , than thats your problem , more than likely thats what it is...

 

most likely the doughnut gaskets around the plugs in the valve cover as others have said.

changed some on a 90 accord a few months back that were so hardened they looked like plastic rings instead of the soft rubber O rings they are supposed to resemble.

hope everything is going well for you.

kelly

 

Thanks everyone, I will check it out and see if that is it.