Oil Around Spark Plugs

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Lee Leo, Jul 15, 2003.

  1. Lee Leo

    Lee Leo Guest

    89 civic automatic. I've been taking care this car sine I bought it.
    Now the worst problem is not from fuel system. It's on leaking inside
    of engine. I've read other Civic owner who said replacing valve cover
    gasket
    and four 0-ring and 4 gammets. I did that replacement . Before I did
    that, when
    I unplug #2 and #3 Spark plug I find the hugh amount of oil around
    spark plug, and wires. I don't know if the leak is from worn Cylinder
    or worn spark plug gasket. New valve cover gasket, new o-ring and new
    grommet did not solve the leaking or I did not put in correctly. I
    still have oil leaking somewhere that I can't tell. Or that i have a
    multiply leakings.
     
    Lee Leo, Jul 15, 2003
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  2. Was there any junk gasket residue in the way? Are you sure you seated
    all the seals? Have you ensure the plugs are properly torqued? ....some
    other path of oil?
     
    Franz Bestuchev, Jul 15, 2003
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  3. Lee Leo

    Chip Stein Guest

    you didn't replace the ones under the plug tubes did you? you have to
    remove the rocker assembly to do them.
    Chip
     
    Chip Stein, Jul 16, 2003
    #3
  4. Lee Leo

    Lee Leo Guest


    you mean O-ring??? Yes I did replace 4 O-ring each spark plug tubes.
    I don't know what do you mean by remove the rocker assembly. Are you talking
    about spark plug gasket???
     
    Lee Leo, Jul 16, 2003
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  5. In those engines the top end of the spark plug "tubes" are part of the
    camshaft bearing caps - there's an O-ring between each of four bearing cap
    tubes and the bottom half of the spark plug tubes which are part of the
    cylinder head. I'm afraid the camshaft and bearings are going to have to
    come out to replace those O-rings.

    Rgds, George Macdonald

    "Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??
     
    George Macdonald, Jul 16, 2003
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