Friday, December 18, 2009

How do you fix oil in spark plugs on a 2000 ford contour?

Is it possible to do it yourself? And if not how much would it cost? Is it even worth fixing? I changed the oil and the spark plugs but i dont think that was enough.How do you fix oil in spark plugs on a 2000 ford contour?
Can do some but it may or may not help; Make sure Spark Plugs are tight %26amp; Gasket at the base of the plugs are Good, Check to see if the Head Gasket is Leaking-is there an Exhaust in your Radiator? Lastly Check Compression........You may need Piston Rings.How do you fix oil in spark plugs on a 2000 ford contour?
First, it's possible to clean sparkplugs with a little tube dingus available at auto parts stores and a solvent like kerosene or gasoline. But it's messy and I hesitate to tell someone with little experience to do it. Actually, your problem is much worse than that. Your plugs are ';oil fouling,'; which means that oil that's supposed to lubricate the cylinders is forcing its way upward past the piston rings and into the combustion chamber, where it won't burn as efficiently as gasoline. Gun the engine a bit as you look behind the car, or have someone stand behind the car as you pull away briskly, I'll bet the exhaust smoke is blue--from unburned oil. Are you using oil between changes? If you haven't been checking (ask someone how if you don't know), your engine will very suddenly turn into an expensive doorstop one day.
Check your oil level, I am not quite sure of your problem but I will try with what you gave me. Did you purchase Motorcraft spark plugs?


These would be the recommended plug for your car. Your car shouldn't take more than 5 quarts of oil sometimes it is 4 and a half


quarts. Not only do you want to change plugs you should change the spark plug wires. This is an easy process after you purchase the wires


you need to remove the old ones one at a time so you don't hook the wrong wire to the plug. You know you did it wrong if it backfires. Without more info that's all I got for you. Good luck.
you buy new ones. once oil contacts spark plugs their done. since the material spark plugs are made of is so porous its hard to get all the oil out . id say check your valve cover gaskets for rips, usually it allows the oil to trickle down into the spark plugs. if those check out, you could be looking into a bigger problem like valve seals. one this youll know if its valve seals is that when you start up the car a puff of blue smoke will come out
For a while you can install ';spark plug extenders'; that will keep the plugs from fouling, they are cheap and easy to install but to fix it for the long term you will need to rebuild the engine.





Good Luck!
This car must have a lot of miles on it.Either the rings/cylinders are badly worn or the valve stem seals are bad. Either way it will be an expensive repair%26gt;

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