old plugs had oil on them. i drove around with new spark plugs after replacement of these old plugs and did multiple stops and drove on highway. everything seems ok? i don’t notice anything wrong.
The threads had oil on them. The important parts, the electrodes, don’t look block, but the second photo is hard to tell. Probably oil on the head from a small leak. If this cured the stumbling you’re good to go. But do look for a vacuum leak.
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Your anodes are totally trash, If I remember from the 70’s bad ground connection in the ignition.
Spark plug tube seals leaking is my guess
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there is a definite leak. the old spark plugs were drenched in oil. the first pic the oil came off the anodes cause it was sitting in the waste basket. can i drive this car or will this end up ruining the engine?
the oil came off because in the first pic i had it sitting in the waste basket and i wiped it off. funny thing is that my car drives just fine aside from occasional stuttering at idle. i think it needs the valve gasket replaced supposedly based on what i am reading. do people drive their cars like his without repair? i just want this car to last me till i win the lottery or atleast till 2028 and then maybe i will just buy another car finally. i want it to last me 2 or 3 more years.
The valve cover gasket is leaking. The valve cover gasket includes the small round gaskets or O-rings that go at the base of the spark plug tubes, and these are what is actually leaking, but you have to buy the whole set to get them. You have to remove the valve cover so if the rail gasket part was not leaking, it will when you remove the valve cover.
Oil is an insulator so you should not have any misfires because oil gets on the base of the spark plug. It won’t get to the tips where the actual spark is supposed to occur. If it were me, I’d drive it as long as it runs fine and the rail gasket doesn’t start leaking a lot of oil.