Ok so Ive been thinking about why my passenger side sparkplug in the center between the top and bottom one may be drenched in oil. Keep in mind it is the only one that is the rest are dry. One reason I think it may be is because he valve cover gasket may be damaged or worn out. May this be the reason or what other possible explanantion could it be? I want some more opinions on this before I start buying parts left and right before i find out what the problem may really be. Any advice and feedback is appreciated...
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you mean the outside right? not like you take the plug out and the electrode and all that crap that sits inside the engine is drenched in oil correct? im sorry it was a bit hard to follow .
can you try and trace where the oil is coming from?? but yes its most likely the valve cover seal , you might want to try and tighten the valve covers screw a little bit to see if that fixes it.
if the part of the plug that goes inside the engine is drenched then thats a whole other story..
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yeah what he said ^ if the inside is drenched with wet oil, then you have bad valve guides, if it is just carbon fouled, then you probably have shitty oil rings.
Do a compression test followed by a wet compression test if this is the case.
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Yeah...sounds like a classic case of needing new piston rings.http://www.vgpowered.com
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Beast84 wrote: Bleh I guess Ill just order new Piston rings anyone have any idea how much they are or does anyone have any in good shape they want to part with?
After a few tests...put a capful of clean motor oil through the spark plug hole and
test it again a few times. If the compression improves, you've got yourself some
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