So I have a 4.6l 2v that just started running really crappy the past few days. Right around 40MPH is was shuttering. At first I thought the Normal Trans shutter. but then it quickly escalated to running really rough at an idle. No power when accelerating. Wont REV up in WOT! Almost like its missing. Im thinking its kinda acting like a ignition issue. Like a COP went bad or I have a bad spark plug. (plug probably need replaced anyways. I bought the car with 62,xxx and it now has 105,xxx on it. I still have not got new plugs for it :/).
Anyways, I have no CEL. So I pop the hood and was going to pull the battery to reset the computer. I see oil all over the valve cover on the passenger side. My front Injector and COP is covered in oil. The damn injector is sitting in a pool of oil. Just that front one.
What would cause that? Valve cover gasket go bad? Anything that would cause that. With as much oil as the injector is sitting in I would almost bet the sparkplug and cop is flooded with oil too. (Would make sense why its running like poo). (Its dark and cold outside with SNOW everywhere - so I didn't pull the COP off). At first glance I thought the fuel rail was leaking. But its defiantly not fuel.
Anyways, I don't think the valve cover gasket is hard to change.. But I wanted to get some research before I start to assume its just a gasket.
So is there anything else that would sling oil like that?
Anyways, I have no CEL. So I pop the hood and was going to pull the battery to reset the computer. I see oil all over the valve cover on the passenger side. My front Injector and COP is covered in oil. The damn injector is sitting in a pool of oil. Just that front one.
What would cause that? Valve cover gasket go bad? Anything that would cause that. With as much oil as the injector is sitting in I would almost bet the sparkplug and cop is flooded with oil too. (Would make sense why its running like poo). (Its dark and cold outside with SNOW everywhere - so I didn't pull the COP off). At first glance I thought the fuel rail was leaking. But its defiantly not fuel.
Anyways, I don't think the valve cover gasket is hard to change.. But I wanted to get some research before I start to assume its just a gasket.
So is there anything else that would sling oil like that?