udate on 'oil on my plugs'

[Dreco]

Well I took the plugs out, cleaned them, put them back in. I drove about 100 miles, then checked the plugs again. I only noticed a small amount of oil ( very small ) on the threads. I'm wondering if, when I adjusted my valves, some oil dripped down to the plugs ( I also gapped my plugs on that day ) and worked its way down the threads. My reason for thinking this is that there was oil on every plug, but there was only oil on the threads. There is no evidence of oil on the tip of the plug. any cause for worry??? would a compression check tell me anything??

[Royce]

Hey,

If you don't have any oil on the tip of your spark plugs and you don't see smoke out the tail pipe than I am sure it is not an internal problem. I would clean up the plugs and the head and put them back in and see if it happens again. It could be the vavle cover gasket, I usually only use sealer on the valve cover side(top), so it doesn't get damaged when I adjust the valves. Next, check the torque for the valve cover bolts. Remeber, they don't need to be super tight! They just need to be consistent! If not maybe your gasket or the surfaces on the head or valve cover got scratched during when you adjustmented the vales.

Hope it helps!

[beandip]

If the only oil found is on the threds of the pluggs dont worry about it , it 's not a big deal. one thing that you should do is use antiseiz on the threads especially if you are removing them when warm or hot , liks most of us do. the reason is the head is aluminum and the steel threads will some times gahl , small pieces of aluminum will stick in the threads and that will cause more to stick to it and so on and so on. to keep this form happining the antiseiz is the trick , also on any bolt or screw you remove and or replace. Another thing dont tighten the pluggs too tight you can strip out the threads because they are soft. If you do they can be repaired with a helicoil so all is not lost but it is a pain in the arse to have to pull the head . so be carefull.

[Dreco]

I took the car to the guys at rebello racing. What I thought was oil was just fuel mixed with carbon. ( black fluid ) I was just running way to rich. Thank's for everyone's input. hey rookie's have to learn sometime.

[Bambikiller240]

Hi Dave:

Good to know it turned out to be something that wasn't too serious.

Talk to ya later!

Carl