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Old March 10th 05, 03:28 PM
Rick Murphy
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Fantine wrote:
> Well, the code supposedly, IIRC, was that one of the cylinders was not
> firing, which they said was caused by the leaking oil. Does that make more
> sense?

Yes, actually, if it comes from a leaking cam cover gasket.
The oil collects in the wells surrounding the spark plugs. It's not
unusual to have an inch or more of oil collected there. Eventually you
start misfiring due to the oil shorting out the plug.
-Rick
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