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You were going to tune up my car but after taking the spark plug cap off found oil could it be the valve cover gasket?
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∙ 17y ago
Yup! the only thing above the spark plug is the valve cover so it must be the culprit. answer could also be spilled oil from adding oil.could be loose sparkplug
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