Thread: are my rings bad or is it the headgasket?

When I got my car there was oil on the top of the spark plugs and on the bottom as well. Changed the valve cover gasket along with the spark plug o rings using RTV as well. Fixed the problem of the oil being anywhere on the spark plugs.

i have to go find a compression tester so i can do that but when it finally started it didnt feel like it lost much if any power



yea im going out to pick up a new valve cover gasket today. hopefully that will fix my problem

So I'm better off with a little bit of RTV on the O rings in the valve cover then getting new ones? Does this count for NA engines?

^ my engine is n/a
get new ones and put rtv on them. theyre only 1.59 to 1.88 each at napa

if you arent getting any negative effects from the smoke then likly its not a hg or ring issue

yea i had no issues today whatsoever?

oh well... i got new spark plug tube seals from napa ill install them tomorrow. then when i get some extra cash ill pick up the plugs.