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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tim OLeary" data-source="post: 1046222" data-attributes="member: 70007">So the plugs and wire replacement is on temp hold. Instead I punked out and got the valve cover gaskets replaced. They did both sides.The smoke had gotten intolerable, and I thought oil was perhaps getting on plug wires and contributing to the idling issues. (It still is idling a little low, but I drive this vehicle virtually every day of the week for about two hours a day, and it doesn't stall, it starts and runs, just the idle is a little funky. Do I want to wash the engine, especially where the oil was dripping? There is oil down low in the pan area and I can deal with that next oil change, but it was also getting on the exhaust manifold. Also the whole engine area was sort of an oil suana and is a little "grimy".Should I let it burn off, or clean it off? Is tire foam good?TIA</blockquote>