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Ford ZX2Ford ZX2 offers sporty styling, responsive handling, brisk acceleration, and everyday comfort and practicality for one or two people. Its back seat and trunk are fully usable. Yet the ZX2 is easy on fuel, and costs less than some base-level sedans. Gone is the smooth, grille-less look, replaced by a dark horizontal slash between the headlights.
Hi. I'm new to this forum and am looking to see if this is a problem...
I replaced the timing belt on my 1998 ZX2 2.0 Zetec and when I pulled off the valve cover I noticed that oil had pooled around the spark plugs for cylinders 1 + 2 - it was filled almost up to the ceramic insulator on the plugs. I probably would not have noticed this if I were just changing the plugs. But if I were to pull out the plug, a significant amount of oil would then flow into the cylinder. The car has about 120000 miles on it. Is this a case of the oil not draining properly? Should I worry about it? Sorry for the long post. I greatly appreciate any input. Thanks.
It is a case of a bad valve cover gasket. Get a rag to sop up some of that oil in the plug wells, install a new valve cover gasket and you should be Golden.
There should never be oil in the spark plug wells.
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Oil on the spark plugs? 
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