Magna Owners Of Texas

Public Forums => The Garage => Topic started by: matty on June 20, 2010, 09:38:25 AM

Title: Oil on spark plug threads
Post by: matty on June 20, 2010, 09:38:25 AM
Hey guys- has anyone ever seen this? Swapped my plugs yesterday, mostly wanted to take a look at the old ones to see where I'm at on the carburation issue.

Anyway, the plugs on both front cylinders had oil on the threads- the electrodes were fine, but there was a lot of oil in the threads of the plug, the right front plug even had a little (maybe 1/2 teaspoon) oil sitting in the spark plug well. Again, the electrodes looked good, a dark chocolate brown, not wet or black...

Should I be concerned? The engine runns pretty well (except for "flat" spot at 5K RPM) and does not smoke-

I cleaned the oil and installed new plugs for now....

Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Title: Re: Oil on spark plug threads
Post by: silveradocowboy on June 20, 2010, 10:07:55 AM
Were they loose when you removed them?
Title: Re: Oil on spark plug threads
Post by: Greg Cothern on June 20, 2010, 12:38:54 PM
Its typical.  The crank vents out the top thus some of it drains to the plug wells.
Title: Re: Oil on spark plug threads
Post by: silveradocowboy on June 20, 2010, 06:24:09 PM
Ahhh, thank you ole wise one  :)
Title: Re: Oil on spark plug threads
Post by: matty on June 21, 2010, 12:27:15 AM
........."Whew!"...... :shock: