Gotta be some lousy plug wires to begin with, and no, oil cannot foul a plug
from the outside, but it can gook up the connection but it more likely is
breaking down the plug wires and caps.
Rascal
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Terrible Tom
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:12 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: OT - Neon Trouble already
Thought I was scottfree after doing the alternator change. The car
threw a check engine light as I started it up to go to work yesterday
AM. Code 43... misfire of some sorts I gather. Its a 1996 Plymouth
SOHC 2.0. The gy I bought it from threw in a new set of plugs because
it was misfiring then as well. What its doing is starting up from cold,
it idles poor - yo ucan tell its misfiring. THen when it warms up some
it seems to be ok. GUy I bought it from said that ther ewas oil leaking
past the plug boots into the plug tubes and "fouling out the plugs"
Well i dont see how thats possible after I looked into this - the plugs
seal into the head like on any other engine and theres no way the oil
could foul out the tips? I'm thinking if the tips were fouled - it was
from misfires and carbon build up.
I pulled the plug wires - and 3 and 4 did have oil all over the ends.
He said he put silicon on the tube ends to seal them? Arnt these tubes
supposed to have o-ring seals between them and the valve cover?
I'm going out to clean the wires off and start it up to see if it
chances anything. Otherwise this Neon seems pretty good.
Any suggestions from our Neon savvy Listers ??
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