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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
I just replaced my alternator last year. The new bolts were not painted. All OE parts from a dealership, picked up at the parts counter.
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My magnesium valve cover had been removed during warranty period by the dealership, of course under warranty for lifter ticking, they replaced the lifters. Three things came out of it:
- I still don't have valve cover gasket leak after 9 years, they must have torqued them good.
- None of my valve cover bolts have blue paint on them. Dealership must have used cheap knockoff bolts for warranty work LOL!!!! (Well I myself put blue paint on two of them when I was working on exhaust manifold leak this fall)
- I still have the lifter tick all these 9 years if I run the engine cold a few minutes and then shut off and restart after a few hours or next day.