Me and my boy changed the sparkplugs on my car and noticed that one of them had oil on it.
How much more life does my motor have?
What are my options?
Whats the worse that can happen?

 

Is it on the actual electrode or just on the threads?

If it's just the threads then all you need is a valve cover gasket set. If it's on the electrode itself then most likely oil is getting past your piston rings.

 

This just happened to me recently, all it is are these rubber rings that fit between the engine cover and the shafts that leads to each spark plug. They're getting old and are getting stress marks. All you have to do is remove the engine cover and take these rubber rings off. Mine weren't in too bad of shape so I simply tooks some high temp silicone and applied some on both sides, and then I bolted everything back on. Worked like a charm. I haven't gotten any more oil on my spark plugs.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by e30dood &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Is it on the actual electrode or just on the threads?

If it's just the threads then all you need is a valve cover gasket set. If it's on the electrode itself then most likely oil is getting past your piston rings. </TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dspad_91Civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This just happened to me recently, all it is are these rubber rings that fit between the engine cover and the shafts that leads to each spark plug. They're getting old and are getting stress marks. All you have to do is remove the engine cover and take these rubber rings off. Mine weren't in too bad of shape so I simply tooks some high temp silicone and applied some on both sides, and then I bolted everything back on. Worked like a charm. I haven't gotten any more oil on my spark plugs. </TD></TR></TABLE>


Well its on the thread but the motor has a new valve cover gasket because when i painted my valve cover i replaced the valve cover gasket and the sparkplug rubber rings



Modified by MR.RED'89 at 5:54 PM 2/28/2004

 

sammy, you mean your valve cover gasket, not headgasket?

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