New SHO owners here....are my plug wires shot?

[UR2NOZ]

Seems I will be performing the infamous plug seal change. My question is, are my almost new taylor wires ruined from sitting in the oil filled plug wells? I thought I read that the plug wires are damaged from sitting down in the oil for god knows how long. I really hope this is not the case as I would like to re use these.

Thanks
Adam

 

[morebhp]

As long as they aren't shorting, they are okay. Once a carbon path forms on them though, they are toast.

I devised a "snorkel" from vinyl hose and a plastic fitting at Home Depot. I should take some pics and post them. It makes cleaning those darned plug wells a snap with a shop vac.

 

[slimsho2469]

when i bought my 89 it had about a shot glass of oil in each well and my wires were toast along with the plugs

 

[blacklabel]

As long as they aren't shorting, they are okay. Once a carbon path forms on them though, they are toast.

I devised a "snorkel" from vinyl hose and a plastic fitting at Home Depot. I should take some pics and post them. It makes cleaning those darned plug wells a snap with a shop vac.

I think I did the same thing to get the oil out. I bought some tubing and I used a dropper thing from my airbrush kit to get the oil out.....it worked great.

 

[SHOtimer]

Just make sure to clean the plug wells before you pull the plugs out...you don't want that draining into the cylinders.....

Doug