Spark plug area in cyl 1 full of oil.

[George Welsh]

Yesterday the clio out of the blue started to missfire but very mildly.
Engine light On and back home (I covered less than 4 miles).
Today I had a look and the hole in cylinder 1 ( battery side ) had a significant amount of oil..
I couldn t take the plug off since I dont thave the right socket
All other cylinders (spark plug areas) are clean and dry.
I suspect rocker cover gasket..
Any idea of what is needed and the cost involved?
I was planning for new leads and plugs as my xmas present but now...I feel a bit miserable
What a fucked up xmas present
Cheers

 

[MartinR]

when you say cylinder 1 do you mean flywheel end?

 

[George Welsh]

when you say cylinder 1 do you mean flywheel end?

Yess is it n4?

 

[MartinR]

its alright if you said no the other end i would have bet the vvt solenoid seal has had it and gushing into the plug well.

This happened to mine.

With it being the flywheel end no.1 its 99% got to be the cam cover gasket.

 

[George Welsh]

Cheers Martin for your reply, this is what I thought and after a bit of searching I see its a belts off job to do it.
s**t.. I couldn t imagine a better way to spend money that I dont have lol

 

[Snake182]

Unfortunatly the Rocker cover is also the camshaft ladder and holds/houses the camshafts bearings, so the timing will be affected as the cams will no longer be secure and will move.

 

[Addicted]

Cheers Martin for your reply, this is what I thought and after a bit of searching I see its a belts off job to do it.
s**t.. I couldn t imagine a better way to spend money that I dont have lol

At least the belts wont need doing for another 5 years

 

[MartinR]

Bite the bullet get it done and drop some cams in whilst at it

 

[George Welsh]

Lol cheers to all of you you made me smile.Martin I will have to postpone it for the evo2 version lolIt already has 119k miles and I would prefer to spend the cam money to refresh bushes and eng mounts etc.Thank you all for your time especially this dayI really appreciate it