Number 3 misfiring

Asked by Shyboy Jul 16, 2016 at 12:52 AM about the 1997 Honda Civic LX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Had my engine rebuilt pulled the spark plug out
and saw oil covering the whole plug how can I fix
that

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159,085

Bob answered 8 years ago

If the oil is above where the plug threads are it is very likely that the gasket that keeps the oil out of the plug well is bad. Replacing the cam cover gasket would fix that. See the link, the round gaskets keep oil off of the sparkplugs.....https://www.rockauto.com/info/825/VS25046.jpg

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