[V8] leaking

[george.fallot at verizon.net]

Today when I changed the spark plugs, 3 of the plugs had a small
 pool of oil at their base. The rubber wire ends had quite a bit of
oil on them. Could this mean that the head gasket is leaking?
 George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MORRALEE David" <David.Morralee at alcatel-lucent.com>
To: "Scott Phillips" <Scottp at ippe.com>; <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [V8] leaking


> This seemed to happen to more of the 4.2L engines ( oil head leak * )
> ... I will be taking the head off , new head gasket / bolts . I tried re
> torque the head and that did slow down the flow of oil . While I have
> the head off I'm going to replace the valve seals .
>
> Superdave
>
> * not sure why but it seems to be the drivers side head at the rear that
> leaks.
>  Have you not heard this one before :-) " Hey your car is smoking "
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of Scott Phillips
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:20 AM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] leaking
>
> There was also some talk a while ago about seeping at the head gasket,
> and a retorque on the head bolts slowed it allot. IIRC
>
> Scott
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