- Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:05 am
#264311
Last week after some overheating issues I changed the valve cover gasket, the o ring gromits, along with a new thermostat. It was heating up at the time and I knew that my thermostat took a dump on me. I also found oil on the top end of one of the sparkplug wires. When I opened the valve cover, sure enough one o ring gasket was done. I installed my new parts and everything is all gravy no issues. FWD a week later my CX is overheating again but this time not so much (there's also a heatwave BTW). I noticed it overheat 3 times, then it would go back down to normal temps. I checked my fluid levels, leaks, hoses and everything looks good. I checked the sparkpug wires and this time I found oil on the tip of the wire not the top as last time. Did I miss something? Or is it time for a head gasket change. Note I've installed a new water pump, new timing belt, new thermo, new U shaped hose, the radiator is fairly new, the fan works, a new thermo temp switch, I blead the radiator fluid, and have no fluid leaks. Is there other o ring gaskets that go on the bottom of the sparkplug housing?
M Riley wrote::? Last week after some overheating issues I changed the valve cover gasket, the o ring gromits, along with a new thermostat. It was heating up at the time and I knew that my thermostat took a dump on me. I also found oil on the top end of one of the sparkplug wires. When I opened the valve cover, sure enough one o ring gasket was done. I installed my new parts and everything is all gravy no issues. FWD a week later my CX is overheating again but this time not so much (there's also a heatwave BTW). I noticed it overheat 3 times, then it would go back down to normal temps. I checked my fluid levels, leaks, hoses and everything looks good. I checked the sparkpug wires and this time I found oil on the tip of the wire not the top as last time. Did I miss something? Or is it time for a head gasket change. Note I've installed a new water pump, new timing belt, new thermo, new U shaped hose, the radiator is fairly new, the fan works, a new thermo temp switch, I blead the radiator fluid, and have no fluid leaks. Is there other o ring gaskets that go on the bottom of the sparkplug housing?
there is only the one grommet per cylinder so you are good there. The exvessive overheating would def cause those to warp and start to leak. Did you clean up the leaked oil from out of the spark plug cavities when you changed the valve cover gasket? If not it may just be residual left over oil. As for your cooling issue: how does your coolant look? when you replaced all of those parts did you do any type of flush to try to evacuate any trash or blockages in the system? If so then it is pointing towards headgasket time.