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Symptom of bad valve cover gasket (or cover)?
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11-12-2018, 04:39 PM | #1 |
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Symptom of bad valve cover gasket (or cover)?
I recently pulled off the engine cover and noticed oil sitting in the little metal dimple next to the wires for the #2 injector (picture attached). Is this the sign of a valve cover gasket (or valve cover) that needs to be replaced?
FYI - Car has 164k miles, and the valve cover gasket was last replaced around 130k miles by an indy mechanic. Thanks for the help!
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11-12-2018, 05:09 PM | #2 |
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with leaks you always want to look for the highest point of saturation. also if it was recently replaced it might be residual/ not cleaned.
if i was you i would take a few cans of brake clean, spray it down and re-check after a few days. mike |
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11-13-2018, 03:05 PM | #3 |
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Great point, I didn't even think about the fact that the oil may have been left over from the last VCG change. I'll do just that - spray down the engine and better pinpoint the leak (if there is one). Thanks for your help, Mike!
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11-13-2018, 03:26 PM | #4 |
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That is not what 'previously not cleaned oil' looks like especially after 34K miles.
You have a leak. Either gasket or cracked cover. |
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No Mike. Obviously common sense is to clean it off first, simply to see the rate at which is leaking. Are you seriously saying that oil that leaked 34,000 miles will look that fresh on a part that goes through numerous heat cycles? I hope that I am wrong, for the sake of OP. |
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