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oil on leads

Postby fatgtr » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:11 pm

hey there
when i checked my plugs i pulled the leads out and they had a very thin coat of oil on them. it was warm at the time. is this normal?
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Postby celica_tommo » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:16 pm

I was worried when I found a pool of oil in each hole too... It's a fairly common problem most likely caused by damaged seals around the spark plug holes.

It's not gonna effect your ignition system though cause oil is a better insulator than air
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Postby kingcorolla » Fri Aug 20, 2004 2:13 am

It's not gonna effect your ignition system though cause oil is a better insulator than air


Last time i had oil on my plugs, around the electrode, It ran like shit! needed new plugs and had to thouroughly clean leads too
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