Is this any thing to worry about?
daveb2012
09-06-2005, 09:08 PM
I have noticed awhile back and again recently, where my wires plug into the engine on the spark plugs theirs a small ammount of oil in this hole. does this mean any thing? Im pretty condifent my car doesnt burn oil and I know it doesn't leak so im not sure how it go their.
i3o2Matt
09-06-2005, 09:21 PM
clean it off n see if it comes back in a few days or so...if it does...yes...if not...keep checkin from time to time.
daveb2012
09-06-2005, 11:36 PM
thanks, I will do that I would have already but engine was too hot. I was thinking "what if it seeps into engine and messes some thing up?" when I asked if i should worry about it though.
Tookie
09-07-2005, 05:16 AM
My friend has a 94 that has the traditional coolant weep than edges it way down the engine block, and the proverbial oil leak into the spark plug well also. Neither seems to have hurt the engine, save for the fact that he keep a close monitor on both. You could reseat/replace and torque the top pan gasket to help solve the oil problem. Of course the plug well could cause a problem when oil drains into the cylinder when you pull that plug; so a good cleansing of the well beforehand would solve this. It's probably not good for the wire boot to be saturated like that; as the oil could affect the spark delivery to the plug proper.
Automotive Network, Inc., Copyright ©2026
