spark plug w/ oil all over it...HELP!!
spark plug w/ oil all over it...HELP!! Well i don't know much about any of this stuff or the LS1 engine but when i changed my spark plugs the plug on cylinder #7 (last plug on driver side...i think its 7 lol) had oil all over it...so i asked a friend and he said we need to change the spark plug gasket?? is that correct or what gasket might be leaking? part #'s would help tremendously too...thanks fellas!!
There is no such thing as a spark plug gasket. You have oil intrusion in the cylinder. This can be caused by poor ring seal or oil in the intake from the PCV system. If the engine has good compression on all cylinders it's most likely coming from the PCV.
so its a piston ring...how hard is it to change it myself?? also how do i delete my pcv system...i was thinking of a catch can but i'd rather just delete it and use the breathers but i don't know how to go about this
If you are asking how hard it is to changed a piston ring, it's too hard. It requires pulling the heads, bottom end, pulling the piston out of the bore then replacing the ring and re-installing. I doubt you could do it with the motor in the car, so you are looking at pulling the motor as well.
people at ls1.com say its a valve cover gasket since the oil is only on the porcelaine part of the spark plug and not on the electrode...does this sound right? also does anyway know the part # for the valve cover gasket? i cant seem to find it...its fo a 2000 Z28 thanks!
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people at ls1.com say its a valve cover gasket since the oil is only on the porcelaine part of the spark plug and not on the electrode...does this sound right? also does anyway know the part # for the valve cover gasket? i cant seem to find it...its fo a 2000 Z28 thanks!
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Your friend is an idiot, spark plug gasket lol. You should have been more descriptive with the whole oil on spark plug thing. Oil on the outside of a spark plug is hardly worth mentioning, get new valve cover gaskets. Oil on the electrode is a big deal like everyone assumed you were talking about but lucky for you isn't the case.
