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I'm pretty sure there shouldn't be oil here

Old Dec 10, 2010 | 06:11 PM
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I'm pretty sure there shouldn't be oil here

The real question is what does it mean if there is oil sludge on/around the spark plug and in its housing? I'm pretty sure it shouldn't be there in the quantity that it is
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Old Dec 10, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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do you have pics? It could be because you overflowed your oil when filling up and leaked out of your air intake tube?
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Old Dec 10, 2010 | 06:43 PM
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]I'll post a pic in a few. The main area it was at was on the left trailing plug. Gotta put the car back together real quick
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Old Dec 10, 2010 | 08:34 PM
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also soldier i'm pretty sure it couldn't have come from overflowing considering i do my own oil changes and i don't excessively overfill it
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Old Dec 10, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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Check for leakage/spray from the oil cooler lines where they connect to the engine. There was a recall in Canada for these lines due to corrosion. Even though we have the same conditions in the northern US, no recall here. I have had to replace mine for the same reason.
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