Well, I started to change my spark plugs today and when i pulled out the boot of the spark plug wire.. oil all on it. Reached my socket down in there and oil about 2 inches deep on it. Stopped right there and put the boot back on and covered it back up. Let me guess valve cover gasket? Never changed one before.. how big of a deal am I looking at? (93 mark VIII)
Hi Dave, it depends which side you are going after. RH is basically moving stuff out of the way. Left side requires removal of the wiper module, power distribution box, stuff like that. Those DOHC cars are a pain to work on no matter what they are in. One thing you do want to do is if you can get the oil out of the hole before plug removal, do so. If no, all that oil will run into the cumbustion chamber, and you risk a hydrolock situation. If you can't get it out, pull the plug, then disable ignition and crank it over. It will make a bit of a mess, but that option is much better than a bent rod.
Hmmm. After looking at my response, it looks a little too flip. I really meant to say....You identified a problem, and it least it is on the easy side. Passenger side is a ton easier than the drivers side.
when i went to change that one spark plug, some of the oil prolly got into the combustion chamber but i have not started the car yet. How do i get that oil out of that chamber. You were saying something about disabling the ignition.. like disconnecting that chambers ignition wire? Then cranking it to force it out? Thanks so far for the help its good to know what im getting myself into.
leave that plug out.then disable the ignition. a friend at work last year drove his brand new camry thru 2 ft of water.long story short he sucked in like half a gallon of rain water into his intake.me and some guys at work helped him out by changing his oil/air filter and getting as much water out of ALL the cylinders. so we tell him turn it over but if it cranks kill it.so after 5 minutes of doing this it starts and he desides to GUN IT. we yell at him to stop but in that 3 seconds a plum of white smoke pours from his exaust and then.............. tik tik tik tik tik.............BAM. dead stop from 6000 rpm. new moter time.so be carful.
unplug the coil.turns over but will not start.dont go wild on the cranking either you dont want to burn the starter.crank for like 5 seconds then wait 10 or 15sec.then crank somemore.
There are two coils on the front of the engine. Unplug both of them and follow Pedro's advice. 15-20 seconds will clear the cylinder.
Yep, I had a 360 dodge that hydraulically locked, due to a bad carb.....flooded some of the cylinders with gas. Didnt know it, tried to starrt it and BAM!!!! motor locked up, had to use my big chain wrench to reverse the motor. Pulled all the plugs and killed the coil. tunred the motor over and a bunch of gas shot out from the plug holes. Cleared the cyliunders, put the plugs back in, fired it right up!!! For about 2 minutes..........then started hearing a clanging noise, by the time i got to the ignition switch, it threw arod right through the oil pan........... Actually run OK for the few seconds of running on 7 cylinders.....and the noise did quit when the rod was thrown......!!!!!!!!!!!! engines are a delicate precision machine designed for a narrow band of circumstances. Once exceeded, failure is sure to follow.
Delicate precision machine for sure. Amazing the abuse they go through, and still survive. Then, a little liquid can turn that steel wonder into a pile of nothing but scrap. I wasn't trying to scare Dave by any means, but when you measure cumbustion chamber volume in cc's, maybe a little terror isn't a bad thing, you know?
excellent so unplug the ignition coils.. easy enough. Whew, good thing I asked you guys about this or I could have been really up the river when I started it up after getting that oil in there. Thanks so much.. ill be working on it prolly Sunday afternoon to get that oil out.
