It wont start after oil spill
This could be as simple as damaged spark plug wires (due to oil spray) or as serious as burnt valves or blown head gasket. I would first clean the engine bay of all oil residue. If the ignition wires seem to be sticky or melty even after cleaning, they are probably bad. You can confirm this by watching the engine in a dark garage while someone else turns the key. Make sure you oil is at the correct level. If you see sparks jumping from the wires to the engine block or valve cover, they are bad. Another test to do is compression. You can rent a tool for this at most auto part stores. Check the compression on each cylinder, again making sure the oil level is correct. If one or more cylinder reads very low, you probably have a burnt valve or a head gasket leak. If all cylinders are about the same, but the pressure is low, the piston rings may have been ruined. You can pour a small amount of oil (1-2 tbsp) into each cylinder through the spark plug hole and retest. If the pressure reading increases substantially, the rings are bad. If not, the.head gasket has probably failed. Assuming that the oil never ran out and the engine never overheated, however, the main problem is probably in the ignition. A tuneup with new spark plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor may solve the problem completely.
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