My wife bought a car recently from a friend of ours. It is a 97 plymouth breeze and it seemed to be a sound vehicle.

Now, 2 weeks later, the car started smoking out the exhaust...white smoke. I pulled the spark plugs to see what they looked like. They were submerged in oil, not only on the bottom but also on the top above the seat. They were not very tight and the oil covered my socket when i pulled them. After wiping the plugs clean, I swabbed the plug well to remove as much oil as I could and replaced them. I thought maybe the PCV valve could be to blame so I replaced it and the hose because it was very brittle. I will check the plugs tomorrow and see if anymore oil gets on top of the plugs again. Any Ideas?

 

White smoke usually indicates coolant in the combustion chamber, most often due to a blown head gasket or leaking intake gasket.

The oil in the plug wells indicates the valve cover seals are leaking.

There's a fair chance you're going to need upper engine work, however, you're going to need to do a significant amount of additional detective work to determine the extent of the needed work.

Coolant system pressure and engine wet/dry compression checks (including leakdown) would be at the top of my list to evaluate the condition.

Steve

Steve

 

Sounds like your buddy overheated it and burned up the seals and probably the heads warped.
He would'nt be my buddy for long if he sold it to me knowing that.

 

I will check the motor when she gets home. See what the condition is after a day of driving. I will keep it posted. Thanks

 

Well I checked the plugs and no oil. No smoke from exhaust. Nothing...like I fixed it??? Surely it can't be that simple. Anyway I have borrowed a compression tester so if the dust storms will standby I'll have an answer. Thanks