2000 Corolla - Oil in Spark Plug Tube

[dfhnpdx]

Hey all.
Have a 2000 ce with 176,000 miles, when changing plugs I noticed fresh oil in the #4 spark plug tube. I had just had the oil changed. I am thinking it's the grommet and will have to replace the valve cover gasket? Upon further inspection I could not see where the lube tech had spilled any oil under the vvti black cover. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Donabed Kopoian]

Dry it off, see if it returns, go from there.

 

[porschpow]

maybe its the valve cover gaskets

 

[dfhnpdx]

Thank you to all that gave feedback on my problem. I replaced the valve cover gasket and it it solved my prob!em. To those who don't know, the replacement also has the circular gaskets that repair the sparkplug tubes.

 

[porschpow]

Awesome, i suspected the circular spark plug gaskets to be the problem