Oil in a spark plug housing
08-27-2005, 07:41 PM
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Oil in a spark plug housing
I changed my plugs today and found little bit of oil around the plug wire and plug it selft on the # 2 plug. Only plug #2 had oil, rest were ok and dry.
Anybody knows if it is a sign of anything big to come ? What would cause it ?
Anybody knows if it is a sign of anything big to come ? What would cause it ?
08-27-2005, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by meazz1
I changed my plugs today and found little bit of oil around the plug wire and plug it selft on the # 2 plug. Only plug #2 had oil, rest were ok and dry.
Anybody knows if it is a sign of anything big to come ? What would cause it ?
Anybody knows if it is a sign of anything big to come ? What would cause it ?
that's from the seal on the valve cover... nothing biggie..
08-27-2005, 09:44 PM
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Call your local Acura Stealership and ask...
its a little BIGGIE!!! Oil in the sparkplug area means you have a leak
Put oil on a match and see what happens... Same with a sparkplug but it will try to keep igniting and one day... MISSFIRE
It probably wasn't tightened correctly... or it might be a seal...
Change all of them... wait until your next oil change... Check them again... if there is oil on them then it might be the seal covering Plug #2...
its a little BIGGIE!!! Oil in the sparkplug area means you have a leak
Put oil on a match and see what happens... Same with a sparkplug but it will try to keep igniting and one day... MISSFIRE
It probably wasn't tightened correctly... or it might be a seal...
Change all of them... wait until your next oil change... Check them again... if there is oil on them then it might be the seal covering Plug #2...
08-28-2005, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by spooky3ce
Call your local Acura Stealership and ask...
its a little BIGGIE!!! Oil in the sparkplug area means you have a leak
Put oil on a match and see what happens... Same with a sparkplug but it will try to keep igniting and one day... MISSFIRE
It probably wasn't tightened correctly... or it might be a seal...
Change all of them... wait until your next oil change... Check them again... if there is oil on them then it might be the seal covering Plug #2...
its a little BIGGIE!!! Oil in the sparkplug area means you have a leak
Put oil on a match and see what happens... Same with a sparkplug but it will try to keep igniting and one day... MISSFIRE
It probably wasn't tightened correctly... or it might be a seal...
Change all of them... wait until your next oil change... Check them again... if there is oil on them then it might be the seal covering Plug #2...
its not a biggie dude relax i have the same thing.. just a little oil in there.. never missed fire.. its good to fix it though... if its major only then it will miss fire.. after a while the seals go so wasnt tightened correctly isnt the reason..
08-28-2005, 09:03 PM
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I spoke to the guy at my local garage today and dude said that it's good fix it but not a biggie. He did not seem to be much concerned.
It's the seal that needs to be replaced.
He gave me a ball park amount and that is around $150.00.
I will probably get that fixed soon once there is little flow of money.
It's the seal that needs to be replaced.
He gave me a ball park amount and that is around $150.00.
I will probably get that fixed soon once there is little flow of money.
08-29-2005, 01:14 PM
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Its sounds to me like your O-Ring Gasket is old and needs replacement.
Go to Acura and Pick up a New Valve Cover Gasket and make sure they give you the O-Rings as well so that way you can replace them all. When you replace the Gaskets and put back in your spark plugs you will notice a bit of blue smoke comming out of your Exhaust when you start up and the car is left running for a few minutes. Dont worry about that its just a little bit of oil possibly fell into the combustion chamber thru the spark plug housing. So its just burning out. But its not that bad of a problem.
The gasket kit costs about 20-30 bucks and you could install it yourself or have a mechanic do it for you. It would take a mechanic about 20 minutes to do and he will charge you about 50-70 bucks.
Good luck but I think thats the problem and wouldnt worry too much.
Go to Acura and Pick up a New Valve Cover Gasket and make sure they give you the O-Rings as well so that way you can replace them all. When you replace the Gaskets and put back in your spark plugs you will notice a bit of blue smoke comming out of your Exhaust when you start up and the car is left running for a few minutes. Dont worry about that its just a little bit of oil possibly fell into the combustion chamber thru the spark plug housing. So its just burning out. But its not that bad of a problem.
The gasket kit costs about 20-30 bucks and you could install it yourself or have a mechanic do it for you. It would take a mechanic about 20 minutes to do and he will charge you about 50-70 bucks.
Good luck but I think thats the problem and wouldnt worry too much.
08-29-2005, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by BobbysTL
Its sounds to me like your O-Ring Gasket is old and needs replacement.
Go to Acura and Pick up a New Valve Cover Gasket and make sure they give you the O-Rings as well so that way you can replace them all. When you replace the Gaskets and put back in your spark plugs you will notice a bit of blue smoke comming out of your Exhaust when you start up and the car is left running for a few minutes. Dont worry about that its just a little bit of oil possibly fell into the combustion chamber thru the spark plug housing. So its just burning out. But its not that bad of a problem.
The gasket kit costs about 20-30 bucks and you could install it yourself or have a mechanic do it for you. It would take a mechanic about 20 minutes to do and he will charge you about 50-70 bucks.
Good luck but I think thats the problem and wouldnt worry too much.
Go to Acura and Pick up a New Valve Cover Gasket and make sure they give you the O-Rings as well so that way you can replace them all. When you replace the Gaskets and put back in your spark plugs you will notice a bit of blue smoke comming out of your Exhaust when you start up and the car is left running for a few minutes. Dont worry about that its just a little bit of oil possibly fell into the combustion chamber thru the spark plug housing. So its just burning out. But its not that bad of a problem.
The gasket kit costs about 20-30 bucks and you could install it yourself or have a mechanic do it for you. It would take a mechanic about 20 minutes to do and he will charge you about 50-70 bucks.
Good luck but I think thats the problem and wouldnt worry too much.
Can you give me a little bit of "how-to install "valve cover and O-rings ?
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