Mis-Fire Codes and oil in spark plug holes

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mowillie
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Mis-Fire Codes and oil in spark plug holes

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The other day the CEL came on so I whipped into Autozone and had them run the code reader on the Yellow Bird.
Cylinder 1 &2 had a mis-fire as well as a small leak detected from gas filer tube. When I got home I pulled the plug boots and there was oil on them. Actully on all four. I called the dealership just for a chuckle, and was quoted almost $500 for valve gaskets. That would also include the spark plug gaskets and bolt gaskets. I got a kit off ebay for $20.65 and four platinum plugs locally for about $16.
Three hours later, I had the job done.
Not that bad of a job, just take the installation slow when bolting it back up.
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Re: Mis-Fire Codes and oil in spark plug holes

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I love these kinds of stories!
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