04S2kSS

I recently had my valve cover gasket replaced because it was leaking. I got the car back and it was fine for maybe 2 days. Now my car is misfiring/spuddering at low rpm's. Once i get the car going past 2500 rpms its fine at least i think.

Today it got worse with the spuddering. So i decided to pull the Coil on the cylinder furthest from the fire wall and found that there is oil at the bottom of the tube where the spark plug sits along with oil on the Coil that goes down to the spark plug ( I didnt Pull the spark Plug). I also pulled the coil right next to it and same thing. so i assume thats the problem. Do you guys think thats the problem? Is it likely that the valve cover was not fitted correctly and the seals are not sitting correctly for the spark plug tubes? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Should i expect the worse? i will be taking the car back to the dealer on Monday. Is it safe to drive it?

here are some pics





Dre

JustinC

My first guess would be the spark plug tube seals. They can be ripped if they are not pushed on properly.

GateCrasher

I would start with the spark plug tube seals as Justin mentioned.

GateCrasher

BTW, which dealership did you take it to?
I'm guessing GUNN...

04S2kSS

Yea I just got it back. They won't do anything because the car wouldn't misfire this morning. All they did was clean out the oil that was in the tube and gave it back to me. My guess is since the car sat all weekend the oil just settled and dried up and no longer causing it. They said warranty won't cover the issue unless they can replicate it or have a cel on. So now gotta wait and see if it will do it again so they can fix it. FML!!!! The tech said he did see the oil in it and cleaned it. Also said they did replace those tube seals. Hopefully it was just oil from before that wasn't cleaned out and won't have any issue again.

04S2kSS

I wish it would have been Gunn...it was at Carmax

senor_flojo

carmax

hopeully this was just a one-time thing

04S2kSS

Yea after this is completely resolved its no more Carmax for me. I lost all trust in them.