leak in spark plug hole

[RedOctoberS13]

soo i noticed that my car was running sluggish, i poped the hood and notices that there was a build up of wat appears to be oil in the #1 sparkk plug hole. idk wat it is and i ran the car for a bit and actually saw some drips and it looked very clear, i really think its oil, but it being very clear could it be water? idk wat the problem is, can somebody plz help. oh btw its a 89 SOHC engine

 

[homeskillet305]

it's the valve cover gasket man change it, make sure you get the spark plug garmets too. also use rtv over the cam caps.

 

[S13<3]

sohc doesn't have spark plug holes, they go right into the head next to the headers

 

[RedOctoberS13]

ok well where the spark plugs are, its leaking most likely oil. so have any idea wat it is?

 

[S13<3]

In other words there no where for fluids to accumalate and if it's clear and feels oily it's ps fluid

 

[homeskillet305]

oh sohc lol yeah still the oil prob. leaking into the hole from the valve cover. clean it up and see if it leaks again.

 

[RedOctoberS13]

it's the valve cover gasket man change it, make sure you get the spark plug garmets too. also use rtv over the cam caps.

but the valve cover gasket has no sign of leaking at all. the build up is right at the bottom where the spark plug is

 

[rx7_guy]

take a flash light and look down into the hole...

If the whole piston is oily U have a blown oil control ring or compression ring.

 

[RedOctoberS13]

In other words there no where for fluids to accumalate and if it's clear and feels oily it's ps fluid

if its ps fluid why does it feel like i lost alot of power?

 

[S13<3]

I think might have fucked something, do a compression test asap! they rent the tool at autozone

 

[RedOctoberS13]

couldnt having bad compression mess with idle? cuz i have like perfect idle though

 

[S13<3]

do it anyways and have u removed the sparkplug and seen if it's wet or anything?

 

[RedOctoberS13]

i didnt remove the spark plug but when the car was on i looked where the plug threads in and i saw that little droplets were forming

 

[Dori_FC09]

lick it and see what it taste like

 

[RedOctoberS13]

il get right on that lol

 

[Dori_FC09]

best way to see what it is... im telling you.... you know if it taste funny then its oil and if it taste like water then bam :bigthumbu

 

[RedOctoberS13]

i looked at it again this morning and it looked like water. if its that, could it stop the spark plug from creating spark resulting in my car having a loss of power?

 

[KeysSr]

^yes it can

 

[S13<3]

this makes no sense there is no water anywhere near there unless u bleew the headgasket and even then the sparkplug would have to be loose for it to come out of there

 

[sdeream]

i think i might have this same problem, except my shit wont idle at all anymore, is burning oil and has horrible compression..... so idk maib its a bad valvecover gasket like u guys say, if not im thinkin bad valve seals. my car is dual cam tho