Thread: Tip from neighbor Mechanic

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I don't see any oil around the valve cover, unless it's a seal at the bottom of the long hole where the metal tube goes around the spark plug.

It was running a little rough, it seemed like it was running on about 2 cylinders with all of the oil on the other two plugs.

I'll keep an eye on it to see if I still am loosing oil by the plugs. If it needs a rebuild I'll let it go we have 185,000 plus miles on it.

Richard

If the plug is seeing that much oil you couldn't fire it with a stock ignition.

Originally Posted by ford2custom

unless it's a seal at the bottom of the long hole where the metal tube goes around the spark plug.

Richard

I had a Ford Taurus SHO with the same problem, it's the seals around the top of the spark plug tubes.

Mike

Strip the body, but it on a jeep frame with a big block, a set of 40 inch gumbo mudders, tube bumpers filled with cement and 4 KC lights on the roof. Next time a deer jumps in front of you, hit the gas and not the brake and let the fur fly. It will be a win win deal, youll have free meat to feed the family and a 1 of a kind car.Dont go hunting (poching) the deer, thats illegal, but if there running in front of you on the road, they are free game. All joking aside, I believe some of the others are correct, I think the valve cover should be replaced. They are rubber type gaskett and I believe they have ring around each plug tube and that is more than likely were your oil is coming from. It should be cheap and easy. I still like the 4x4 neon deer killer from hel idea. LOL

I wasn't sure what the engine looked like, so I found a picture, now the plug tube theory makes sense to me. You know a picture is worth a 1000 words