went to philly, car stalled, had to get it towed home, wouldnt start, took out spark plugs and they were sopping with oil... make no mistake they were covered in oil... i dont see how any of the internals are bad since it was running like a champ until it died. why is there oil on my plugs. i have a few ideas but a few of them make me wanna cry.
what are my options???


its a crx with a 2 week old b16 swap
we did have to pop the clutch ALOT to start it because of the bad starter.... would that cause oil to soak the plugs


the plugs had some oil on the ceramic but the bottom of the plugs were dripping wet

 

check the seals on you valve cover. Mabea put some gasket maker on them and put them back on. Take all your plugs out so that the oil goes into your cylinders. Then start it back out. Will smoke like hell for awhile but will go away.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WCI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">check the seals on you valve cover. Mabea put some gasket maker on them and put them back on. Take all your plugs out so that the oil goes into your cylinders. Then start it back out. Will smoke like hell for awhile but will go away. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i agree maybe those valve seals finally went.

 

yeah seals will fix the top of the plugs getting oil..... what about the bottom thats the important part

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vtekstorm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
i agree maybe those valve seals finally went. </TD></TR></TABLE>

valve stem seals? uhhh i think i missed something.
i thought you all were talking about the spark plug seals in your valve cover.

 

he ment the valve cover spark plug gaskets, not the valve seals.
replace and no mou oil in spark plugs.

 

OMG yeah but what about the bottom of the plug where it ******* ignites...if theres oil all over them it wont spark......

i popped the clutch in my car like 30 times in the last week because my starter was bad and i had no starter........ i was thinking maybe everytime i went to push the car and pop the clutch with no start that oil just kept getting pushed up with no burn to compensate for it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mustbenu &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">OMG yeah but what about the bottom of the plug where it ******* ignites...if theres oil all over them it wont spark......

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how do you know there is oil in the electrode?you took the spark plug out?when you took it out it got wet with the oil that was on top...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mustbenu &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
i was thinking maybe everytime i went to push the car and pop the clutch with no start that oil just kept getting pushed up with no burn to compensate for it</TD></TR></TABLE>

??

 

i took all the plugs out and they were so covered with oil 2 of them were dripping.... and no it wasnt from the top dripping down

 

what i mean is that since im push starting the car that there is no initial ignite so the oil keeps flowing to the top.... i could be compltely wrong though