Valve Cover Oil Leak
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Valve Cover Oil Leak
Okay I did my head studs about two weeks ago. Car's running great, but I've got a leak somewhere in my Valve Cover. I am pretty confident it's the spark plugs gaskets that sit right on the valve cover, but I'm not totally sure.
Anyhow the valve cover reserviour has been filling with oil and yesterday I pulled off the spark plug cover and coils and noticed that one of my spark plug holes was filled with 1/2" of oil.
Here's a picture, I cleaned up the oil, but you can see it appears the gasket was torn. Would this be the cause, or should I be looking for something else too?
Anyhow the valve cover reserviour has been filling with oil and yesterday I pulled off the spark plug cover and coils and noticed that one of my spark plug holes was filled with 1/2" of oil.
Here's a picture, I cleaned up the oil, but you can see it appears the gasket was torn. Would this be the cause, or should I be looking for something else too?
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I did take it off twice and nothing jumped out at me. Guess I'll have to do it one more time. Just thought I'd see if anyone else had similar issues and could let me know where else I should be looking for this leak.
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yeah but that isn't where it would leak. i am a veterin of cracking my VC. it would leak around the bolt where the pressure would cause a crack. there really isn't enough tourqe on aruond the plugs to cause a stress crack there, at least without causing one some place else first.
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yeah but that isn't where it would leak. i am a veterin of cracking my VC. it would leak around the bolt where the pressure would cause a crack. there really isn't enough tourqe on aruond the plugs to cause a stress crack there, at least without causing one some place else first.
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It's a tough one cause the reservoir is filling with oil. The first time I cleaned it out I pulled the coil packs and didn't see oil in any of the spark plug holes, Then again I'm not sure how closely I was looking. The second time I took off the valve cover I noticed oil in the first plug's hole. the thing is these coil packs have a rubber lip that fits over the valve cover's lip that surrounds the spark plug hole. I find it pretty hard to believe the oil in the reserviour could even get down into where the plugs are at. I'll let you guys know how everything turns out when I get these plug gaskets. Hopefully that'll do the job.
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Replace the valve cover gasket and the cap gasket. Add a small amount of silicone sealant in the corners of each outer cam bearing cap. Torque in the sequence in the manual to the recommended torque. Done.
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