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smrt1
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help!! oil in spark plug tubes??	Sat, 17 September 2005 15:35

just need some anwsers on how oil would get into spark plug tubes on the head??? its holden apollo 1989 5 spd.... [Updated on: Sun, 18 September 2005 16:17] [Report message to a moderator]

mrshin
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Re: help!! oil in spark plug tubes??	Sat, 17 September 2005 15:41

The rubbers around the outside of them are knackered? [Report message to a moderator]

smrt1
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Re: help!! oil in spark plug tubes??	Sat, 17 September 2005 15:44

thanks can it it be easily fixed [Report message to a moderator]

trincle
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September 2005

Re: help!! oil in spark plug tubes??	Sat, 17 September 2005 16:38

hey i had mine do the same thing like two days ago .ultratune said it was the rocker cover but i pulled the plugs out , cleaned them and out them back in and it seems to be working fine . does the car still run fine ,any smoke or backfire ? [Report message to a moderator]

oae-86
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Brisbane
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January 2005

Re: help!! oil in spark plug tubes??	Sat, 17 September 2005 18:37

It can be one of two things. As described earlier it can be the seals in the rocker cover that go hard and leak. Just replace them and it will be o/k. The other common cause is the spark plug tubes leaking where they screw into the head.These are the metal tubes that the plug leads push into. Carefully unscrew them with a pair of multi grips trying not to crush them. When you get them out clean the threads and apply silastic to the thread and screw back in. I have done heaps. It will work every time. Todd [Updated on: Sat, 17 September 2005 18:38] [Report message to a moderator]

mrshin
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Re: help!! oil in spark plug tubes??	Sun, 18 September 2005 02:43

Pull off the rattle cover and the plug tubes, clean everything carefully and assemble with new gaskets. If you're a tightarse and the car is a dunger, just glue everything up instead of using new gaskets [Report message to a moderator]

smrt1
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darwin
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Re: help!! oil in spark plug tubes??	Sun, 18 September 2005 16:14

excellent just the answer i was looking for the car does blow some smoke only in the morning when cold and goes away when car has warmed up but yeah i will take off the rocker cover and tubes and get out my trusty gasket stuff and start sealing :lol:thanxs to all. [Report message to a moderator]

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Shailer Park Qld
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July 2005

Re: help!! oil in spark plug tubes??	Sun, 18 September 2005 17:16

lol...sure it wasnt the dood taht filled up the oil last time? maybe he spilled some... [Report message to a moderator]

smrt1
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Re: help!! oil in spark plug tubes??	Mon, 19 September 2005 12:19

Yeah dont know only got the car 4 days ago. was changing plugs when i noticed oil in all 4 plugs so if he did spill oil he must have been a good shot...shouldnt have sold my ever reliable hx, but with the fuel prices these days [Report message to a moderator]

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