I was inspecting my car the other day and i found that the spark plugs had oil on the threads but no black burn off on the plug. I drive a 98 ITR, this motor used to be turbo charged before i bought it, it burns oil (thought the rings might be bad). i have not done a compression test yet but was just wondering if anyone knew what the oil on the threads of the spark plug could mean????????

 

blown rings or valve seals (or guides one the two0

 

Valve cover gasket.

 

+1, it's part of the valve cover gasket kit. It's prob just the spark plug ring gaskets on the bottom of the valve cover.

 

i strongly agree

 

Had the same problems in my last car. Used RESTORE on my nex oil change and it solved the problem.

 

tube seals possibly, but if the motor has been boosted, you may have some blow by that is causing it.

 

thats not likely there ricky. he said that the oil is only on the plug threads...not on the electrode or grounding strap

 

you never know, blow by is a beast ha.....and thats why i said its possibly the tube seals.

 

true, shit can and will happen