Today I checked the plugs on my 04 santa fe to investigate a misfire, and the #1 & #3 plug heads were Covered in oil. And it was clean oil which I found strange.
The plugs were Very old and I had a misfire. When I pulled out the number 1 plug the head was completly engulfed in oil, the same if a little lighter on the number 3 plug, I found it strange that the oil on them was clean though, not like the oil on the dipstick. I put new plugs in and pulled the number 1 & 3 again immediatly, they still had oil on them but not nearly as heavy as when I pulled them the first time. I said screw it put em in and see how it runs. Not surprisingly, it still misfires, I assume from a drowning spark plug.
So I guess the real question is this. Where is the oil coming from? I immediatly thought head gasket, but my dipstick doesnt look abnormal at all, rings I thought next, then decided to come here first.
Also I had the timing belt done on it about 9 months ago (by a mechanic) and I was wondering if something could have gone wrong there as well, because the car started misfireing within months of getting this service done
Saturday, December 26th, 2020 AT 12:32 PM
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