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I was planning on changing spark plugs and wires tonight on the 97
accord and realized that there is a buildup of oil when I removed the
third spark plug wire. I have never seen this before. Is this due to
the valve cover gasket seal being worn and as a result it lets oil on
the top part of the spark plug? Cause when I removed the rubber piece
that seats onto the spark plug it seems that it was sitting in a pool
of oil.. However there is no misfiring and the car runs fine, but I
do want to get down to the bottom of this problem,,,

please help!

Thx

Start with http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id3.html

<Metzeler.72@gmail.com> wrote
>I was planning on changing spark plugs and wires tonight on
>the 97
> accord and realized that there is a buildup of oil when I
> removed the
> third spark plug wire. I have never seen this before. Is
> this due to
> the valve cover gasket seal being worn and as a result it
> lets oil on
> the top part of the spark plug? Cause when I removed the
> rubber piece
> that seats onto the spark plug it seems that it was
> sitting in a pool
> of oil.. However there is no misfiring and the car runs
> fine, but I
> do want to get down to the bottom of this problem,,,
>
> please help!
>
> Thx
>

Metzeler.72@gmail.com wrote:
> I was planning on changing spark plugs and wires tonight on the 97
> accord and realized that there is a buildup of oil when I removed the
> third spark plug wire. I have never seen this before. Is this due to
> the valve cover gasket seal being worn and as a result it lets oil on
> the top part of the spark plug?

yes.

> Cause when I removed the rubber piece
> that seats onto the spark plug it seems that it was sitting in a pool
> of oil.. However there is no misfiring and the car runs fine, but I
> do want to get down to the bottom of this problem,,,

buy and fit new "b" gaskets. you can buy a kit with everything you need
here:
http://catalog.eautopartscatalog.com...ver+Gasket+Set
do the valve lash while you're in there also.

See http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id3.html for
the most likely, two possible causes of this.

<Metzeler.72@gmail.com> wrote
>I was planning on changing spark plugs and wires tonight on
>the 97
> accord and realized that there is a buildup of oil when I
> removed the
> third spark plug wire. I have never seen this before. Is
> this due to
> the valve cover gasket seal being worn and as a result it
> lets oil on
> the top part of the spark plug? Cause when I removed the
> rubber piece
> that seats onto the spark plug it seems that it was
> sitting in a pool
> of oil.. However there is no misfiring and the car runs
> fine, but I
> do want to get down to the bottom of this problem,,,