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Old 04 Jul 2004, 03:34 am
Eric
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Default Re: 95 16v civic has oil on spark plug boots

Chip Stein wrote:
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> > I went to change the plugs on my brothers car and found oil on 3 of the
> > plug boots. Is it just a bad valve cover gasket or maybe those little
> > rubber grommets, or is it something worse? Thanks.

>
> you need upper and lower tube seals which requires pulling the
> rocker arm assembly, and resetting the valve lash when done.
> Chip


More than likely, it's just the upper tube seals (which should be done with
the valve cover gasket). The original poster should check to make sure that
this takes care of the problem, i.e., drive the car for a week or so and
then recheck, before doing the lower tube seals.

Eric
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