# 29,000 miles pontiac sunfire 1999 and spark plugs soaked in oil **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 24, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951 "2008-09-24T14:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newguynet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@newguynet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/newguynet)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951/1 "2008-09-24T14:25:19Z")
What can I do?? ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951/2 "2008-09-24T15:28:23Z")
You clean the plugs and the condition returns? Engine missfire? Check engine light on? Engine smokes after inital start-up? Excessive oil loss? (how much per mile)? Oh Yeah, outside of the plug or inside? ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951/3 "2008-09-24T17:26:33Z")
Which part of the plug is soaked in oil?/ Are you talking about the top where it connects to the wire…or the electrode (the part that fires igniting the gas/air??? Two different solutions depending on how you answered this question. ---
**Author:** ![newguynet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@newguynet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/newguynet)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951/4 "2008-09-24T17:58:27Z")
The oil is in the upper part. (the ceramic one). No engine misfire, no engine light on. white smoke when starting car…(every 2 weeks) this smoke is just for about 30 seconds after that a small “puddle?” of water appears under the muffler. I have not noticed a big oil loss (was not checking too much either) ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951/5 "2008-09-24T20:38:58Z")
The oil is comming from a source above the plug. I am thinking leaking valve cover gasket. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951/6 "2008-09-24T23:14:02Z")
That’s what I think too. Oil on top of plug is usually the valve cover gasket. ---
**Author:** ![newguynet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@newguynet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/newguynet)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951/7 "2008-09-25T18:15:47Z")
But the car only have 29,000 miles!..That gasket will fail so soon? ---
**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951/8 "2008-09-26T00:50:54Z")
The car also has 10 years. Things will start to decay. ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951/9 "2008-09-26T01:52:55Z")
You should be happy that the repair is so minor. ---
**Author:** ![newguynet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@newguynet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/newguynet)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951/10 "2008-09-26T14:45:27Z")
ok thanks you all! ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/29-000-miles-pontiac-sunfire-1999-and-spark-plugs-soaked-in-oil/19951/11 "2008-09-26T20:10:23Z")
Part of the reason it’s failing is because it’s obviously not driven much. Gaskets tend to dry out and shrink over time.