My honda civic lost power and there is oil on the spark plugs what is the proble and how do i fix it

Your piston ring is bad letting oil get threw and causing the plug not to spark.

COMMON PROBLEM OF THE ROTOR INSIDE THE DISTRIBUTOR THE SET SCREW COMES LOOSE AND ROTOR BUTTON DOES NOT TURN........IF NOT THEN TURN KEY TO RUN POSITION... DOES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON THIS WILL TELL YOU IF THE MAIN COMPUTER IS POWERING UP... GET BACK WITH ME FOR MORE HELP AFTER THOSE STEPS

check the oil and make sure it's NOT black, Check air filter, oil filter, and gas filter, check engine fuse, see if spark plugs are ok, check starter, check alternator and belt. if problem still persists please contact me at [email protected]

check coil or modulator! good luck

Check spark plugs and all related cables, fuel hoses, fuel filter (change if black but make sure lines and fuel tank are clean first), and air filter. If blank spots are experienced when power is lost completely then firing of spark plugs may be the issue. Possibly also related to insufficient fuel reaching combustion chamber. Available for more consulation after you do through the above recommended basic checks.

It means you have bad rings or a bad valve seal. It can be fixed by buying a fouler.

Whenever I have worked on old Hondas with no spark,they have always gotten a salvege yard distributer ....they were well known for going bad inside,whether its a coil or ignition module or whatever inside distributer,the easiest fix is to replace whole thing...good luck...lee

start with the easy stuff. check the plugs. make sure they are not wet with oil leaking from the spark plug stem seals located on the rocker cover. Check your air filter to make sure its clean. Now for the slightly harder stuff. The spark plug wires should be changed every 80k or so. My suspect the reason for the power loss is most likely a clogged cat convert in the exhaust system. check your exhaust flow. Way to do that is to check the temp. of the exhaust before the cat and the temp. after the cat. If the Cat is plugged the temp before the catalytic converter will be abnormally higher than after the cat.

BUT if you are experiencing misfire of engine. I would go straight to replacing spark plugs and wires. Distributor cap and rotor.

Also check the charging system. make sure the alternator is charging the battery at above 13Volts. With all components on. ( radio/lights/highbeam/AC). Use a voltmeter and check at the battery positive and negative. if its not charging above 13 V replace the alternator.

good luck

https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/om/NV0606/NV060606INDXA.pdf


It is a mainteniance minder for oil change and other regular mainteniance.

Here's a link for owner's manual, it is in pdf form.
Just incase you don't have one.

Replace valve cover gasket ,It will come with new seals to prevent oil from getting into spark plug holes