My sparkplugs are swimming in oil. I can not even see them. From what I have read this can be caused by leaking valve covers. Allright no problem I can change that. But any one have an ideea how the hell do I remove all that oil? I really dont want to take the plugs out and have all that crap go in the pistons.
Swimming sparkplugs
- Thread starter daught
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Shop vac?
Ive also stuffed shop paper towel pieces into a deep socket, then press the socket on the spark plug. Dont turn the socket just kind of work it around the plug, the towel should soak up alot of wetness with the socket pressing it down. Or a paper town and long flat head screw driver to get it down in there too.
Ive also stuffed shop paper towel pieces into a deep socket, then press the socket on the spark plug. Dont turn the socket just kind of work it around the plug, the towel should soak up alot of wetness with the socket pressing it down. Or a paper town and long flat head screw driver to get it down in there too.
A good, thorough engine cleaning, followed by a stiff blow drying? Meh, might use the baster first so you don't blow oil all over the engine bay.
Towels, shop vac, and a air compressor all together are FTW. Had to do that when coolant got in there.
I used what they call pig blanket.. used in aviation for soaking up petroleum spills... proly can be found at lowes or HD..
daught said:
There is a coolent line on the TB that I yanked off before unpressurizing the system. Some of it went in the valley.
BorHor said:
Been there. PITA, too. Also had it happen from attempting to steam clean my engine bay. Misfire killed my cat convertor.
PIG products are great. They are super absorbant. We use them at the shop to clean up oil puddles and stuff.
Allright I am in there. I just finished replacing my injectors and I noticed there are 3 small holes in the spark plug cover. They look drilled, are they suposed to be there? The liquid was mosly water that I supose it went in when I was washing my engine.
Yeah, TB support bracket is one I can't remember what the others are for, I got some plastic plugs to fit to cover them. Doesn't completely seal the holes but helps. I cover that area now that it's mostly clean with towels, plastic, when I'm going to clean it to keep the water from going down in there. You have to clean all that out, you don't want that stuff to get down in the holes, it could get in the cylinders or cause a bad sparkplug seal when you change them. I always clean those recesses when I change out the plugs to keep it from building up.daught said:
Did you guys remove your spark plug boots and just delete them?
Because you can keep the stock and strip the gasket from the boot and manage a long term reuse. I kept mine and stripped it and copper coated it for shitzngiggles. It's on the engine but I haven't reman'd the seal.
Because you can keep the stock and strip the gasket from the boot and manage a long term reuse. I kept mine and stripped it and copper coated it for shitzngiggles. It's on the engine but I haven't reman'd the seal.
drain the engine oil, and flip the car upside down..that should get the oil out :sarcasm:
shop towels and a turkey baster sounds good to me.
and to get the last residue out, some brake cleaner with more shop towels should work...
shop towels and a turkey baster sounds good to me.
and to get the last residue out, some brake cleaner with more shop towels should work...
Everyone that sees a turkey baster in my garage just looks at me weird. Its come in handy so many times I love it. For the spark plug area though mine is way to big to fit down in there. At least right where the plug meets the head, where I had coolant sitting. The towel/socket combo was my best solution there, worked perfect.