Oil in the sparkplug tube of a 1992 Celica

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Maxclimb12 - 12 Mar 2007 06:31 GMT

Hi All,
My 1992 Toyota Celica quit running today. After repeated tries to the
car I pulled off the spark plug wires and found the spark plug tube
full of oil on two of the cylinders. Is this a head gasket problem? If
so, how hard is it to pull the head and replace it?
Thanks for the help,
Max

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Ray O - 12 Mar 2007 07:11 GMT

> Hi All,
> My 1992 Toyota Celica quit running today. After repeated tries to the
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Thanks for the help,
> Max

A head problem could allow oil to foul the spark plugs, but a more likely
cause is leaking grommets at the bottom of the spark plug tube in the valve
cover.

Go to this web site: http://oregonstate.edu/~tongt/camry/index.html and look
up the 1992 Camry with the 4 cylinder 5S-FE engine, page EG!-12 and EG1-13
to see the grommets.

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Hachiroku ハチロク - 12 Mar 2007 14:16 GMT

> Hi All,
> My 1992 Toyota Celica quit running today. After repeated tries to the car
> I pulled off the spark plug wires and found the spark plug tube full of
> oil on two of the cylinders. Is this a head gasket problem? If so, how
> hard is it to pull the head and replace it? Thanks for the help,
> Max

As well as what Ray suggested, check your valve cover gaskets. These can
cause this situation as well!

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Maxclimb12 - 18 Mar 2007 06:31 GMT

Hi all,
It was the sparkplug tube gasket. Easy fix and the car runs great.
Thanks for the help!

> Hi All,
> My 1992 Toyota Celica quit running today. After repeated tries
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Thanks for the help,
> Max

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