Valve Cover Leak..., please help ASAP i'm stuck :( Options

[tonytutino]

so i tried to change my valve cover gasket today, everything went fine and i bolted it all back together...
about 5 hours later i go to drive to my sister's house and as i pull in i start smelling burning oil and my car smokes a little bit from under the hood. i figured that was just the little oil i spilled on my headers earlier. well i drive to the bank a little later and my oil light comes on, then my car starts smoking real bad. i end up back at her place, check my oil level and i'm at empty and there is a huge trail of oil from where i had driven off earlier.
under the hood i see tons of oil on my alternator, bits splattered on my valve cover and header and alllllllllllllllllllll over the place....did the seal just not set or what?




This post has been edited by tonytutino: Sep 25, 2007 - 11:15 PM

[Bitter]

if the gasket is the rubber type then, no, extra sealant shouldnt be needed and can be the cause of leaks. you need both gasket mating surfaces to be totally clean and dry when you put the gasket on and it needs to fit well. from what you've said i'd bet that the gasket moved and isnt aligned in a spot allowing oil out. take it off and try again.