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Old 03-14-2019, 05:25 PM
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Went to change coils in my daughter's 2001 1600 protege and found excessive oil in one of the spark plug wells. First off can it be a valve cover gasket and if so is there a post on how to change it out.

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Old 03-15-2019, 06:26 AM
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99% chance its the rocker cover gasket.

have a look on YouTube for directions
pretty easy job.
 
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