I replaced my plugs over the weekend (found Bosch in there ) and saw a few things that need attention ASAP.

• Leak in my valve cover that resulted in a small amount of oil on one (front passenger side) of the plugs.

• The valve cover itself is also warped in that area somehow.

• One of the tubes that houses the plug has a chunk missing from it in the top.

Has anyone ever replaced the tube? It visually looks simple but hell what do I know. Anything I should look out for?

 

lol your terms arent very technical.


valve cover:


Spark plug seal:

 

spark plug tubes:

 

can you help me by describing which piece is broken?

 

We are talking about the same parts and using the same part names. I did forget to add gasket after "leak in valve cover" statement. The gasket and cover are easy to replace, but the tubes are a concern for me. One of my tubes has a peice missing as if it were damaged in the past. When I removed the ignition coil, I could see the chunk missing.

 

so, these are broken?



?

 

or a chunk missing from the metal tube itself?




lol see, we are still not on same page.

is metal broken? or rubber gasket?

 

I didnt reference the seal. Yes a chunk is missing from the top of the metal tube in the pic directly above. How that happened is beyond me.