my moms 1998 saturn sl1 has oil around the number 2 spark plug it looks to be comming from below the plug hole

Question

does anyone have any idea what could cause this it also gets in to the plug hole as when you remove the plug its oil soaked it also runs bad but thats probly the oil also are these starters hard to change? thanks for your help

Answer 1

Yep, valve cover gasket has gotten hard and started to leak. If you have a Saturn dealer near try to get one from them, we installed an aftermarket and within 2 weeks it was leaking again, put a dealer gasket on and it's stil doing good.

Answer 2

you have a broke oil ring its pumping oil out the threads on the plug. best thing to do is go to the parts store and get you an anti fouler and put it in the head where the plug goes then put the plug into the end of the anti fouler.

Answer 3

If the spark plug is dripping wet with oil when you take it out of the cylinder, then most likely the piston rings, or another gasket seal (head gasket) is blown allowing oil into the cylinger in large quanities. The engine block itself could also be cracked in the number 2 cylinder.

Indication of oil leaking into the cylinder is a pronounced bluish cloud of exhaust.

It would be very difficult to repair without a well equiped garage. Both repairs will require the diassembly of the engine block, which is no easy task in an equipped garage.

Answer 4

You need to take off the valve cover and change the gaskets. There will be one all the way around the edge and four round gaskets around each plug hole. The starter is not very hard to change.

Answer 5

it needs a valve cover gasket, if i remember corectly they have o-rings around the spark plg holes to keep the oil from going where the plugs are. i recomen you take it to a technician to have it replaced.

Answer 6

valve cover gasket

Answer 7

blown head gasket