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Old 12-03-2007, 06:15 PM   #6
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Re: Oil in rear cylinder?

Well here is a picture of the replacement Valve cover gasket set from Fel-Pro:


Apparently there is also a seal around each spark plug, my guess is that one of these probably has a leak.

I dont know what all those other little o-rings and such are for, not sure I want to know. I skimmed the procedure in the Chilton's and it didnt sound hard at all, except that clearances and room to work would be a pain, since its on the back side.

The worst part is that the gasket set is close to 70 bucks from O'reillys and 43 plus shipping, call it 50, from RockAuto. Either way Im not sure I want to spend the extra cash that I dont really have at the moment.

I changed the spark plugs the first time because the car wasnt performing well, and had a decent miss from time to time. My theory is that the oil was causing some grounding or other electrical issues.
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