Okay heres the deal, when I bought the car someone cut the spring down with all stock shocks & springs & of course it bounce alot like basketball but damn i cant wait my new package come in this week to change springs * shocks.

The engine runs funny last night and i was like it must be misfire so then finally I decided to check it out today and took one spark plugs out which it was already loosen and the oil is all over on number 5 cylinder.

Any suggestion , I thought about starting up not start to take the oil out of cylinder 5 for me to be able to put new spark plug in.


Obviously you know ghetto rigged shocks & springs cause alot of virbation and make the plugs screw loosen.

any help will be helpfully thanks.

 

And this is on your third gen?

 

No , it is an 98 inifniti I-30

My pictures on sig is OLD so i gotta remove it soon.

 

Im kinda confused though bro.....whas the connection with the bouncy ride and oil on your plug? The plug being loose,IMO, would not have anything to do with even worst suspension,just dont think bouncy ride is gonna loosen a plug. The oil on the plugs is its own,unrelated issue.

 

uhm isnt oil in the plug the valve cover gasket? and more specifically the spark plug grommets that come in the kit when u buy a new gasket kit?

 

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Yes, The bounce has caused my spark plugs to loosen up and the oil went thru cylinder # 5. I had to take the oil out by starting not start the engine , just lil bit of crank to take the oil out , finally it came out real messy then cleaned with rag & use the compression air blower to blow the oil out then put the spark plugs back in ...bam it works better now.

Where I live in Boston , it has MANY MANY bad roads bumpy and potholes. If you drive a car with basketball suspension and the oil will go bad.

Im getting new suspension kit for my car and will arrive at the door on friday. I'll have picture post after its done.

 

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Um get a new valve cover gasket.

 

Ummm that's not a good thing if your plugs come loose on bumps. You sure that the leaky spark plug grommet didn't simply foul up the connection between the coil and the plug?

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I'm glad the car is running better for you now that you have blown the oil out. Not only is it running better but will ride much better when you get the proper suspension on the car.

 

Yea thats what Im sayin. Cant see how bouncing could manage to rotate a plug what,6-8 turns the lenght of the plug thread? im not saying it wasnt loose,but probably poor installation or something. Either way,good move on getting rid of the cut springs and just square that oil issue away and you should be golden.

 

"If you drive a car with basketball suspension and the oil will go bad."

i am disgusted.............oops....

 

You could drive your car off a cliff, and I guarantee you the spark plugs won't back out of the threads if you torqued them properly... Change your spark plug tube seals. They are rubber grommets that go around the tubes. Often they crack and leak.
Also, oil shouldn't even be around the spark plugs, so even if they were loose, the problem I would expect is poor compression or a stripped thread.

 

****, I think my oil is bad now. Damn Seattle potholes.