I had a a coil pack go bad on the A4 a few days ago so I bought a new set of coils and the Audi recommended plugs.

On plug 2 and 4 I noticed that there was oil on the plug itself when removing it. There was a slight amount of oil in the spark plug hole on the outside.

6 was totally dry. I do tend to get a low oil light at the tail end before an oil change at 5K but motors are supposed to use oil as part of their operation, but this may be why I use a bit more than normal.

152K on the motor, no other problems, no smoke, gets 24mpg, etc...valve cover gasket leak around the plug?

Also, strangely enough all of the coils on the even side of the motor were bent, about 10 degree's but every last one was bent.

Odd side was fine and the #3 was the bad coil which broke in 1/2 when I removed it.

Timing belt will get done soon and I'll replace the gaskets then but any other reason to be concerned? The 2 and 4 plug also had a high amount of carbon on surrounding the electrode, oil getting around the plug and causing poor spark and poor fuel burn?

 

i had the same problem on my 1.8

when i had my coils recalled they told me this and it was the cam adjuster seals/gaskets. not to sure if it could be somethin else since u have the 3.0

 

You need to hurry up and get that T-belt done. Is probably just your valve cover/head gasket. The reason why the coil packs were in bad condition could be that whoever put them in there last had a difficult time installing them on that side.