Hi I was just wondering if anyone can help me out. From what I see I'm guessing I have a problem with my head gasket. I pulled out my spark plugs from my 2004 audi a4 and all four are flooded with oil. Does anyone have any suggestions and can suggest a good specialist to me. I am from Maple Ridge BC thanks

 

How's your performance/fuel consumption? Any chance it's something less drastic like a PCV problem?

 

fuel consumption is ok. performace wise sometimes it runs ok sumtimes it feels as if the car weighs a ton. ill look into it some more and hopefully it is a pcv problem.

 

could be just a bad valve cover gasket.

 

I take my S4 to Jose at JSP Performance in Abbotsford (VW and Audi specialists)

 

I can't see how a PCV valve or a valve cover gasket can cause the plugs to get oiled - sounds like a head gasket to me

 

a bad head gasket will not get oil on the plugs. the head gasket separates the head from the block. the plugs screw into the head, and have nothing to do with the block. however, the valve cover gasket is in two parts. one seals the outer edge of the valve cover, and the other stops oil from getting into the spark plug hole. i would almost guarantee this problem is due to a bad valve cover gasket.

 

same guess that's in my mind. the reason for this issue could be the bad valve cover gasket.

 

My thoughts exactly. If you look at my posts on the C5 A6 forum you'll see I suffered the same issue with my 2.8 30V engine. I replaced the cam chain tensioner gaskets and valve cover gaskets and all is well. If you had head gasket issues you'd be looking at a very, very costly job. You'd have overheating issues and all sorts of problems. Valve cover gasket failure on an Audi is normal, headgasket failure isn't.

By the way, I'm in Coquitlam and to replace valve cover gaskets are simple. If you do decide to replace them there aren't very many shops I recommend. Take a look at my recommendations if you decide to go that route.

 

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