I REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS ON MY BMW E46 AND IT WASNT LOOKING GOOD

[@joedoe2407]

Oil on spark plugs means old valve cover gasket. Replacement is a relatively easy DIY job.

[@joedoe2407]

My old spark plugs look very similar when I change them. I think they're fine. The oil at the bottom of the spark plug well is a hint to get your valve cover gasket replaced. This is a rubber gasket and it stiffens into hard plastic with time. Then it starts to sip through into the spark plugs and outside the engine.

[@cooly350]

Thank you for the video I had a similar situation on my E39 Had oil at the ignition coil Cyl 3 and 5

[@gazza9919]

@@cooly350 it's a horrible thing to find isn't it

[@luckgrip252]

Change valve cover gasket (with spark plug hole gasket rings or center piece) and all is good. It's way easier on E39/E46 than it was on my F10 530d... Although mine is a diesel and I don't have sparkplugs, but I have glowplugs and injectors, F10 requires a crap ton of work (relatively speaking) just to get to the valve cover and remove it.

[@gazza9919]

@@luckgrip252 I've had it changed about a year ago and I suspect they didn't remove the plugs so the oil has been sat on top of the plugs since then

[@cooly350]

@luckgrip252 exactly what I'm going to do 👍🏽

[@cooly350]

@gazza9919 hope so 🙏🏼