[eagle4x]

About 3 years ago I noticed oil on the spark plugs on my 2000 Concorde 3.2, all on the driver's side. Today, I removed them and the 3 on drivers' side had still had oil on them with about the same amount of oil as before. The only symptom is a little bit of smoking. Quote from garage to replace the tube seals and the valve cover gaskets about $500 for labor only. Is this something that is necessary to fix?

 

[JordanS]

About 3 years ago I noticed oil on the spark plugs on my 2000 Concorde 3.2, all on the driver's side. Today, I removed them and the 3 on drivers' side had still had oil on them with about the same amount of oil as before. The only symptom is a little bit of smoking. Quote from garage to replace the tube seals and the valve cover gaskets about $500 for labor only. Is this something that is necessary to fix?

I personally would because burning oil will cause your catalytic converter to clog up a lot quicker and I don’t know if you can get to catalytic converter‘s for 500 bucks these days. If you’re handy with wrench, then maybe you could try doing it yourself on a weekend or something.

 

[peva]

I don't know the answer to the question, but the oil being talked about here does not go thru the exhaust and cats.

 

[JordanS]

I don't know the answer to the question, but the oil being talked about here does not go thru the exhaust and cats.

Oh ok. Ig then in that case if it’s not worth you fixing it, then just keep some spare oil in the trunk and check the level from time to time.