Just a thought from a noob mechanic. Is it possible that the threads are stripped fairly good and that it is allowing fuel/oil to be pushed (under compression) out the stripped thread area on the block?
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K5dreamer
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all else being equal the simplest answer is the correct one.
no, your truck does not have the stigmata, and is not spontaniously hemoraging oil from the sparkplugs... that require no lubrication.
oil in the cylinder (making a leap here, as the oil is coming out of the cylinder) only (Edit: Generally) gets there through one of two ways. piston rings, or valve seals.
seems to me its time for a compression test to see if the rings are good, and a leakdown test to check the seals on the valveguides.
no, your truck does not have the stigmata, and is not spontaniously hemoraging oil from the sparkplugs... that require no lubrication.
oil in the cylinder (making a leap here, as the oil is coming out of the cylinder) only (Edit: Generally) gets there through one of two ways. piston rings, or valve seals.
seems to me its time for a compression test to see if the rings are good, and a leakdown test to check the seals on the valveguides.
Wrench
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Yeah, that oil ain't coming from inside the cylinder. You can't have oil coming out the spark plug threads and still get any compression at all. Not to mention if you had that much oil in the chamber it would be burning and you would have black deposits on the plug end.
I sez it's a leaky valve cover
I sez it's a leaky valve cover
garydan
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Yeah, that oil ain't coming from inside the cylinder. You can't have oil coming out the spark plug threads and still get any compression at all. Not to mention if you had that much oil in the chamber it would be burning and you would have black deposits on the plug end.
I sez it's a leaky valve cover
That is what I first thought as well, but take a look at this picture. It's clean above the spark plug.
buffblazer
1/2 ton status
get ahold of snap-on and tell them you want a harley davidson bike, spark plug socket
the thing is about half an inch long and slides over the spark plug and basically brings the nut farther out to make tightening easier.
it works amazing for headers, use it and a normal wrench and you save yourself lots of time and effort and you still have room to get it tight.
just a thought.
Fabrimacator21
1/2 ton status
I have those same headers.... just buy a box end plug wrench with a offset.... works great. Kragen or autozone should have them. Looks like you can get to that with a regular open end too.... there were a few of em that I couldn't get to without the plug wrench.
Pretty obivious here but tighten it up... wipe all the oil off and see it it does it again then go from there. Lots of good suggestions in this thread.
Pretty obivious here but tighten it up... wipe all the oil off and see it it does it again then go from there. Lots of good suggestions in this thread.
irishraptor87
1/2 ton status
i actually have had this happen
it was due to loose plugs on one or 2 that were hard to get to like yours
now when i do plugs i bring many tools
regular spark plug socket w/ ratchet
5/8 box wrench
5/8 open end
5/8 wrench on the end of the spark plug socket
with this combination i can usually get it done, but every plug has its own quirks
it was due to loose plugs on one or 2 that were hard to get to like yours
now when i do plugs i bring many tools
regular spark plug socket w/ ratchet
5/8 box wrench
5/8 open end
5/8 wrench on the end of the spark plug socket
with this combination i can usually get it done, but every plug has its own quirks
