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General => The garage => Topic started by: phildaint on 14 August 2011, 15:01

Title: oil in spark plugs
Post by: phildaint on 14 August 2011, 15:01

when i was changing the spark plugs yesterday in my mk4 1.4 i noticed that there was a small amount of oil round the spark plugs, any idea what this could be?

Title: Re: oil in spark plugs
Post by: RTechUK on 14 August 2011, 15:55

On a 1.8t the cause is the inner cam cover gasket which causes the plugs to get soaked in oil, not too sure about the 1.4 cam cover configuration, but It might be worth you looking at the gasket first.