Sounds like the head is cracked.
Charlie B
>From: chalsted <chalsted@comcast.net>
>Date: 2008/06/19 Thu PM 02:30:11 CDT
>To: andycost@embarqmail.com
>Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Roadsters] oil coming out at base of spark plug U20
>nope. not dripping down from the valve cover gasket. I wiped everything dry
>after I first saw oil coming down from that area and then fired it up again
>and looked with a light and my glasses on- it's welling out from around the
>base of the spark plug. have a feeling I won't be finding out the answer
>without pulling the head :-( have another low mileage rebuilt U20 sitting
>in the shop that I heard run within the last couple months before I pulled
>it (terminal chassis rust car) and I'm tempted to just swap it into the car
>and deal with whatever the problem is with this engine later on... quickest
>way to driving the car :-)
>
>Craig
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