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I am seeing a small amount of oil on my manifold, seemed to be dripping out of one of valve cover bolts.
It isn’t enough oil to be seen on ground, doesn’t smell like it’s burning oil and the dip stick reads perfect oil level. I’ve been seeing this for a few months now. I will post up some pics. Thanks!
i had a similar issue, the mechanic over tightened the valve cover bolt causing the cover to crack, oil would seep onto the manifold and eventually downwards, i tried to fix it with adhesive and filling but it didnt work for me, so in the end had to buy a new valve cover.
try finding where the leak is coming from and repair it with a bond and see if that helps. for me it didnt.
take off the valve cover. Inspect it closely. If its cracked, put it back on with the old gasket and find a valve cover that is not cracked.
put non-cracked valve cover on with the new gasket set. follow the directions in the service manual, add the gasket maker where it says to add it, and just snug the bolts down.
Dec 30, 2017, 07:39 PM
