[B_davis]

I am in the process of changing my plugs for the 2nd time (66k miles) and 4 out 6 are cover in oil. It seems that the threads are covered just as much as the electrodes ..... Any reason for concern here? I am in the process of cleaning my intake valves ( 2nd time) , Changing plugs, and changing oil before I turn on my Snow perf. Stg 3 meth ...

[bimmer72]

Same thing with me at 50k... Its most likely your valve cover gasket that needs to be changed.

[stratos_335]

It's normal. Mine had some oil on the porcelain part

[iflo]

No need to worry. I changed mine last week. The oil is actually from spillage when adding oil. Do you change your own oil or do you get it done somewhere? Make sure a funnel is used

Anyway....all I did is take my extension rod and wrapped some LINT FREE cloth around it and cleaned up the little bit of oil. No biggie.

Hope this helped.

[B_davis]

I changed my oil 7k miles ago, I find hard to believe there still oil on the electrode ... Unless it got there when i was pulling the plug out ...

[iflo]

Originally Posted by B_davis

I changed my oil 7k miles ago, I find hard to believe there still oil on the electrode ... Unless it got there when i was pulling the plug out ...

I got on the electrodes as you were pulling out

The oil was on the threading and as you were taking it out the oil trickled down to the tip thanks to gravity.