Question for the guys running without an engine cover

[maniacmatt]

How do you keep water from getting down in the spark plug holes?

To keep it short lets say circumstances prevent me from running an engine cover or a rear hood seal. What are my options to prevent water from getting into the spark plug holes? Specifically on cylinder 6.

[nrubenstein]

Cover it with something else.

[VinniE30]

ummm either get an engine cover or a rear hood seal
what circumstances could prevent you from doing both of those things?

[maniacmatt]

ummm either get an engine cover or a rear hood seal
what circumstances could prevent you from doing both of those things?

Rediculous under hood temperatures

[Mossman]

That sounds crazy but if you really have no other way of keeping water out of the engine bay in general I'd probably put a bead of black RTV around the top of the spark plug hole (near the valve cover seal) and hope that seals nice on the spark tube or whatever you wanna call it and keeps water out. Probably only cyls 5 and 6 would you need to worry about. When its time to change plugs you'll ruin your glorious RTV'ing job but the good news is you get to do it again, which sounds fun

[mr.vang]

whats an engine cover???

[bubbajan21]

whats an engine cover???

[mr.vang]

oppss.. i didn't know i was on 24v section. confuse myself a bit there, thought to myself m20 don't have no engine cover?? lol