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Old Jan 11, 2015 | 08:55 PM
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Has anyone done a valve cover gasket on this car? Both of mine are leaking a little bit (185,000 mi) and I can smell the oil burning when it drips onto the exhaust manifold. I was going to give it a shot and I was wondering if there were some instructions anywhere.
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Old Jan 14, 2015 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by nbeihl
Has anyone done a valve cover gasket on this car? Both of mine are leaking a little bit (185,000 mi) and I can smell the oil burning when it drips onto the exhaust manifold. I was going to give it a shot and I was wondering if there were some instructions anywhere.
I had the same issue - 195k miles. It looks fairly straightforward, but time consuming.

I say "had" because I actually tightened the valve cover bolts and the leak stopped. May want to give that a shot first. A lot of mine were loose to the point that I could tighten it more with my fingers...
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Old Jan 14, 2015 | 09:52 AM
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Common issue, just tighten down all the bolts and should stop the leak
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Old Jan 19, 2015 | 09:21 PM
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You guys were right, every one of my valve cover bolts were not even hand tight. I tightened them up. I'll bet that works! Thanks for the info!!!
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