Honda D16a3 oil leaking into cylinders

[maggs]

hey i have a 1986 rover 416i which has the honda d16a3 engine in it
i got in my car the other day and it would not start checked a few things then removed spark plugs to find them dripping in oil i know this cant be a good thing, dont know that much about engines and was just wondering if anybody could tell us what its most likely to be ??? maybe valve stem seals or something.
thanks

[bennjamin]

sounds like the O rings that seal the upper part of the sparkplug cavity. You can replace the actual O rings with new items or add some loctite or "honda bond" to seal it up.

[ECU-MAN]

if the extarenal part of the plug was wet with oil then its what Bren says above, if the part that sits in the combustion chamber was wet from oil then it would be valve steam seals.

[maggs]

thanks for that

[Weq]

or headgasket or rings.

[euro86]

www.g1teg.org (http://www.g1teg.org) - has all the info u need on the car and engine