valve cover gasket replacement

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Brooks
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valve cover gasket replacement

Postby Brooks » Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:48 pm

Hey I'm recently back in the pathy world, although this time with a '97 QX4. I've got a nice oil leak at the right valve cover that is burning up on the exhaust manifold. Any write-ups or advice before I get my balls wet? Anything else I should be doing once I've got it that far apart? Thanks dudes


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Postby smj999smj » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:51 am

The right bank is really not that bad of a job; it's the left bank that's a pain because of the upper plenum having to be removed. Unless you have hydraulic lifter issues, really nothing else to do while you're in there.

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Postby Brooks » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:05 pm

I replaced the gasket today, an easy job for sure. When I started in I found that the screws closest to the front of the engine were finger tight at best (I assume this is why it was leaking) but I had already bought the gasket so I changed it anyway. I also pulled off the tube in front of the butterfly valve, hosed it with carb cleaner and fixed the sticky throttle. Cheers.

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Postby smj999smj » Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:23 pm

That's common as they do loosen up over time. It's not a bad practice to tighten them up (at least the ones that you can) at every 30000 mile service.


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