This can’t be good. Ugh!!

[landiscarrier]

Decided to change my spark plugs. Pulled the second plug and oil all over the threads.

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[rcairflr]

Wow, I'm curious to see what the experts here have to say. Did you check to see if black smoke coming out the tail pipe?

 

[Fitzmotor]

Not sure on this engine but sometimes it's the valve cover leaking into the spark plug well.

 

[landiscarrier]

Wow, I'm curious to see what the experts here have to say. Did you check to see if black smoke coming out the tail pipe?

For the most part it seemed to be running good…..just seemed a little off so I thought I’d change the plus. 35k on the motor. And I definitely do not beat on it.

 

[Msfitoy]

Was it running fine before your pulled the plugs? If so, then it could be spilled oil on the cover...

 

[landiscarrier]

Was it running fine before your pulled the plugs? If so, then it could be spilled oil on the cover...

Yeah it really seemed to be good.
The middle two plugs had oil on the threads. The front and back plugs were dry.

 

[rcairflr]

Yeah it really seemed to be good.
The middle two plugs had oil on the threads. The front and back plugs were dry.

Not really sure exactly where the center spark plugs are (without going to look), but is possible oil got spilled into those two spark plug ports? The oil on those plugs looks awfully clean

 

[landiscarrier]

Not really sure exactly where the center spark plugs are (without going to look), but is possible oil got spilled into those two spark plug ports? The oil on those plugs looks awfully clean

I suppose that’s possible. I do change it myself but I’m pretty careful about spilling. The plugs look quite dark to me….

 

[9zero1790]

id assume spilled oil. i think you would see some extra smoke out the pipe or smell it if that much was making its way past the system to the plugs. i also noticed the oil looked fairly clean and wet, fresh. oil thats been on a plug that has be running has that sorta toasty burned on look and gets kinda gummy and trashy etc. bad explanation on my part lol. years back i had an old chevy with a 350 and that thing used more oil than it did gas, i got used to seeing the oil toasted on some of the plugs.

 

[9zero1790]

Not really sure exactly where the center spark plugs are (without going to look), but is possible oil got spilled into those two spark plug ports? The oil on those plugs looks awfully clean

i was typing almost the same thing as this lol. great minds as they say.

 

[Dr3wDrop]

This sounds a little absurd, but since you put new ones in already check them after you run a new tank of gas?

 

[landiscarrier]

Thanks for the great and fast feedback!

 

[Trigganometry]

It would be wise to pull the coil packs after a few thousand and get a good light and see if any oil is pooling around the plugs. That will tell you if you got a cover leaking, runoff from filling or you got piston problems. By the looks of all the plugs together they all look a little dark and sooty from what we would normally see

 

[9zero1790]

Decided to change my spark plugs. Pulled the second plug and oil all over the threads.

just took another look the pics. i see oil on the socket... fresh oil. mystery solved. spilled oil. no way its got enough oil making it to the plugs and out of the engine to be on the outside like that and still run decent lol.

 

[rcairflr]

spilled oil.

Now the question is. How did you spill that oil without noticing?

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