[Roadsters] oil coming out at base of spark plug U20

[vze2fhba at verizon.net]

Sounds like the head is cracked.
Charlie B
>From: chalsted <chalsted at comcast.net>
>Date: 2008/06/19 Thu PM 02:30:11 CDT
>To: andycost at embarqmail.com
>Cc: datsun-roadsters at 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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