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03-05-2023, 11:19 PM

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80stech: Thanks. The oil is on the electrode side of the spark plug, not on the connector side. And I always thought that the seals that are part of the valve cover gasket overhaul are for preventing oil from reaching the connector side, not the electrode side. Please would you confirm?

The valve cover gasket is 2 pieces. The inner gasket goes around the spark plugs to keep the oil out of there.

When it gets old it becomes like hard plastic and doesn't seal around the head properly

half of my plugs were filled with oil and I was also getting misfires

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