What you guys think of this???

[STE92]

Was chasing a a misfire on cyl 4 and found this little surprise on cyl 1

 

[Cheezy]

Valve cover gasket ?

 

[Abacus38]

Do it smell like oil or fuel? If it's oil then it's time to change vc gakets if it's fuel then your injectors is leaking

 

[NoGuru]

Leaky injector?

 

[ShocknAwe]

Ouch. first picture definitely makes me think valve cover gasket.

 

[Tony@VargasTurboTech]

Valve cover gasket? Sure maybe oil on the threads. A valve cover gasket has no bearing on what gets into the cylinder. With that much oil on the electrode, most likely suspect piston ring seal, or valve stem seals.

 

[ShocknAwe]

Valve cover gasket? Sure maybe oil on the threads. A valve cover gasket has no bearing on what gets into the cylinder. With that much oil on the electrode, most likely suspect piston ring seal, or valve stem seals.

Learn something every day. Great to know.

 

[fmorelli]

I'm putting a freshened head on my son's 318ti M44 right now that looked like that. Blown head gasket in his case.

Filippo

 

[STE92]

Doing dry and wet compresión test next week. Hopefully that help me eliminate know if it’s a bottom end problem and it comes out good then leak test.