Oil pooling around spark plugs

Oil is leaking into your spark plug holes from the valve chamber. It's not a good idea to leave the oil in the spark plug holes, as it can pool high enough to damage the rubber boots of your spark plug wires, will make the plug hole really messy, and it may eventually become a fire hazard. Below is how to fix it.

Honda's preferred spark plug location means that the plugs (and their wires) must pass through deep recesses in the top of the valve covers to get to the combustion chamber. This gives better plug placement in the combustion chamber, and more zoom for your Honda. It creates a small problem though: Under the valve cover, all around the spark plug recesses, is an open space that is constantly being showered with oil, and that oil will get into the spark plug recesses unless something is done to keep it out. Honda does this by sealing any joins between parts with little rubber donuts (AKA "grommets").

The rubber donuts eventually get old and stop sealing, letting oil seep into the spark plug holes and puddle there. The cure is replacement of all four (or six), along with the valve cover gasket itself (themselves) at the same time. It's an easy project for anyone who's done more than just oil changes.

However, there's a fly in the ointment here: Certain Honda engines, specifically the 4-valve-per-cylinder, single-overhead-cam ones (such as the D15B that's used in many Civics), have an additional rubber seal under the one I just mentioned! This one also gets old and starts leaking, but these are a LOT harder to replace! Not a job for a beginner!

NOTE: The rubber parts under discussion here are not actually red and orange, they're black, I just used colors to make it clearer which was what.

There are six plugs in the Sedona. The motor is turned 90 degrees from which way we are accustomed to seeing one in a vehicle..
First remove the six bolts (10mm) that hold the engine cover on. You also have to remove the oil cap to take this cover off.
The front three plugs and their corresponding coils are in the front and fairly accessible as you can follow the spark plug wires to them. It is best to disconnect the battery before doing this work.

You will have to remove the three corresponding coils to the front three sparkplugs. You use a 16mm spark plug socket to remove the spark plugs.

The back three plugs are under the intake manifold cover. This is a difficult and awkward removal to get the cover off, because the back bolts are very difficult to access. Please watch the video to follow the details to get it off. The next three sparkplugs are under this cover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=howvrRYsZ_8

This video was a good example what to do with the plug and coil once removed for maintenance.

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flashing light means dont drive or u can or will cause more damage to vehicle --[the computer is registering a damage causing malfunction] can be reason oil on plugs --need to have code read to properly pinpont problem--as to oil on plugs multi reasons such as bad oil seals on valve--valve bad-bent-burnt---head damage-gasket-cracked-warped---piston-cylinder-rings etc--need to do a compression test to determine the extent of damage

Have to replace the valve cover gaskets

It will have the coil gaskets included

OIL LEAK AROUND THE SPARKS PLUGS COULD BE LEAKING VALVE COVER GASKETS ALLOWING OIL TO SEEP BY GASKET FLOW DOWN AROUND SPARK PLUGS.TRANSMISSION LEAK IS NOT VERY EXPENSIVE LONG AS TORQUE CONVERTER SHAFT SEAL NOT LEAKING WHICH TRANSMISSION HAS TO DROPPED OUT TO REPLACE SHAFT SEAL.IF TRANSMISSION LEAK AROUND FRONT AXLE SEAL IT MAY COST A LITTLE.BUT PAN GASKET LEAK OR OIL COOLER LINES WONT COST TOO MUCH NOT HARD TO GET TO REPAIR.PHONE AROUND GET PRICE CHECKS.

Bad gasket/seal.

You need a new valve cover gasket set. This will come with seals that fit around the spark plug tubes.

you are going to have to replace the valve cover gasket, the seal around the plug wells is leaking.

remove the spark plugs one by one and in that hole there is the oil seal remove the old one and carefully put the new oil seal around the spark plug and push slowly into the hole again then turn clockwise by hand with the socket wrench then tighten all the way...

Who ever told you it was the Valve cover gaskets was correct. On the valve cover gasket around where the spark plug goes down though the head there is a seal made onto the valve cover gasket called the spark plug well seals. when replacing the valve cover gasket it will come with these seals and it will take care of your oil leaking into spark plug holes. Hope this has helped and if you need anymore assistance I would love to help.