# 1994 Honda Civic Oil in Plugs

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-honda-civic-oil-in-plugs/11654>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** sparkplugs, plug, civic, oil, honda\
**Created:** [March 10, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-honda-civic-oil-in-plugs/11654 "2008-03-10T14:41:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![grosserot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ccd318/32.png) [@grosserot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grosserot)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-honda-civic-oil-in-plugs/11654/1 "2008-03-10T14:41:04Z")

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I went to change the spark plugs and found that there was oil in one of the spark plug sockets. So I’m asking what this means. Is the problem the head gasket, valve seal, spark plug tube o-rings, or the piston rings?

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-honda-civic-oil-in-plugs/11654/2 "2008-03-10T17:59:32Z")

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It’s NOT a head gasket problem…it’s a valve cover gasket problem. There are seals around the valve cover that mate the valve cover to the head. To fix this get a Valve cover gaset ket. It will include ALL the seals and gaskets.