Engine Drivetrain 2nd Gen Most liked posts in thread: Lots of oil in sparkplug tubes

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    #2 Crashton, Aug 10, 2014
    No it's not. I'd think your valve cover gasket is leaking. Best get that fixed.

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    #8 DneprDave, Aug 12, 2014
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    Welcome!

    You can get oil in the spark plug tubes if you add oil this way:

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM6x1iK-XY8"]The blonde and the engine oil - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #4 Metalman, Aug 11, 2014
    Welcome to M/A....

    What Chuck said....^^^
     
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    #9 Minidave, Aug 12, 2014
    It's not exactly the valve cover gasket, it's the seals around the tubes, which you get to by removing the valve cover. If someone had the valve cover off and forgot to put those seals back on or if they've just gotten old and hard you can get a significant amount of oil in those tubes.

    The fix is easy, a new valve cover gasket and new tube seals - they're fairly easy to change

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    #3 MCS02, Aug 10, 2014
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    #5 GokartPilot, Aug 11, 2014
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    #6 Dave.0, Aug 11, 2014
    Welcome to M/A the FUN Mini site. :Thumbsup:

    No, you should not have oil in your spark plug tubes at all.
     
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    #7 Nathan, Aug 11, 2014
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    #10 Dave.0, Aug 12, 2014
    MiniDave I think he has a 2nd Gen, 08 Hatchback.