Sep 25, 2007 - 10:26 PM
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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? ![]()
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tonytutino Valve Cover Leak... Sep 25, 2007 - 10:26 PM
LewFX take a pic for us to make sure your not missing an... Sep 25, 2007 - 10:28 PM
tonytutino pics up! Sep 25, 2007 - 10:44 PM
Bitter did you pinch anything under the cover? its all ti... Sep 25, 2007 - 11:16 PM
tonytutino QUOTE(Bitter @ Sep 25, 2007 - 11:16 ... Sep 25, 2007 - 11:23 PM
Bitter if the gasket is the rubber type then, no, extra s... Sep 26, 2007 - 8:00 PM
tonytutino yeah man i think my valve cover was a still a litt... Sep 26, 2007 - 8:57 PM
shadycrew31 you need to pull out the old spark plug gaskets an... Sep 28, 2007 - 6:53 PM
njccmd2002 what are the torque specs? Sep 28, 2007 - 7:13 PM
shadycrew31 I cant get to them right now. You might be able to... Sep 29, 2007 - 6:33 AM
alltracman78 The moment your oil light came on you should have ... Sep 29, 2007 - 8:39 PM
bufferdan It pretty much sounds like the gasket didnt seal. ... Oct 1, 2007 - 8:49 AM
tonytutino yeah that was the problem... the gasket didn't... Oct 2, 2007 - 7:49 PM
alltracman78 I hope it's nothing big.
Could be valve tick [... Oct 2, 2007 - 9:16 PM![]() ![]() |
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