Author Topic: oil in cyl #2 HELP! (Read 2808 times)

flavyphil · « **on:** October 05, 2009, 08:08:31 PM »

hey can someone give me some advice went to change oil and plugs today everything was fine car runs strong no excessive noise i changed thermostat last week. anyway did the oil and filter no surprises started on plugs and when i got to Cly. #2 it was sitting in a pool of oil?! any ideas? thx

B318M42W · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2009, 09:04:12 PM »

check your oil plug gasket from the valve cover.

bearsbmw · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2009, 10:28:41 PM »

it's called the valve cover profile gasket and this has happened to me befor and it sucks as it will eventulay cause spark problems if neglected

iamcreepingdeath · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2009, 10:34:51 PM »

yup. the two guys above are right. get a new valve cover gasket. they are cheap and super easy to replace.

flavyphil · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2009, 11:01:08 PM »

you guys rock! how confident would you say you are that this is the problem, and is there a way to check without taking the cover off?

quinn11m20 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 06, 2009, 03:21:00 PM »

Hey just to let you know that when you do replace them, make sure you tighten the valve cover bolts correctly. I did and had to remove and retighten a few times over a period of three weeks. I still get a little oil down in the plug well.

1991 E30 M42 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 06, 2009, 09:16:51 PM »

buy some helicoils while your at it to fix the striped threads

flavyphil · « **Reply #7 on:** October 06, 2009, 09:46:49 PM »

nice thanks for the tips! Im going to do a write up on it just cuz it might be cool to have it around