1992 Toyota Corolla Oil puddles around spark plug exterior

Tiny
WAYNERUSS
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  • 1992 TOYOTA COROLLA
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • MANUAL
  • 181,000 MILES
Oil is puddling around the exterior of the spark plugs #1 and #4. The spark plug is located within holes in the valve cover. What is causing this? Does it need to be fixed?

The engine began to miss, so I changed the spark plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor. This corrected the missing. The oil puddling around one spark plug was probably touching the porcelain.

Once in a while one of the spark plug wires pops up about 1/4 inch above the top of the valve cover that it plugs. This doesn't seem to cause the car to miss.
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Friday, March 12th, 2010 AT 8:26 PM

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Tiny
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Change the spark plug tube seals, it can cause a miss.
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Saturday, March 13th, 2010 AT 8:47 AM

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