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[mong00sehun]

Hi guys,
yesterday i changed the sparkplugs, and one has water nex to it:



1-3-5 was dry, 5 was a little bit oily.
2 has the water, 4 was dry, 6 was oily.
The oil is coming under the valve cover gasket, but where the water coming from? Before i changed i dont used the car for 4 days, it was in the garage.

thanks guys

[Doctor Gollum]

Classic scuttle seal failure.

It soaks into the foam on the bulkhead and drips onto the camera covers and eventually drain into the plug wells.

Eventually it will cause shorts and burn out the coil packs... Basically the water evaporates from the plug wells and condenses on the bottom of the coil packs making them rust, swell and fail. In that order.

I could tell you how to fix the scuttle leaks properly but apparently my experience of scuttle leaks is absolutely wrong.

Removing the foam from the bulkhead will help.