I stripped the paint off my valve cover and put it back on, i drove around and noticed it was leaking a little beat out one corner, so i tried 2 tighten it a little and crack it breaks, will i leak a lot of oil?? can i drive on it? TIA

 

cracked the valve cover? god no!, dont drive it!
its like driving around with a crack in your head, jeez, sorry dude
just get a jdm valve cover

 

im sorry, i ment the valve cover stud...

 

If your others a tightened ok you can drive it. You will lose oil though. I drove with a broken stud my valve cover for like 20k miles I did not correct it until my 45k valve adjustment.

 

it will be ok. just try to get a new stud asap. its only like $5 at the dealer. easily to replace too. get some honda bond while youre there so you can seal it better so the valve cover doesnt leak.

 

how many pounds of torque should i tighten it???

 

dont u remeber waht tom said man. gotta get taht honda bond. lemme know if i can help. but dont sweat it man nothing major

 

oils commin out a good bit around the stud, like the stud still sticks through but it comes around it, and i dunno what i can use 2 cover around the stud so it stops...

 

gasket maker?

 

whats gasket maker?? but wouldnt i just have 2 buy a new stud and just take off the valve cover and take out the old one and put the new one in, theirs a little bit of the stud still sticken out of the valve cover...


[Modified by TeamTooQuick, 7:58 PM 5/19/2002]

 

yeah just go to acura tomm and get a stud like 8 dollars. then replace it, remeber dont over torque this one and get some damn hondabond.
by the way how did the valve cover turn out, and is ur valve cover gasket in good condition, cause if it isnt then u need to get a new one of those to

 

i put hondabond on it in the first place, gasket is in good condition...

 

well then less muscel

 

got a new stud and fixed it, all went well this time...

 

yeah i sasw u yesterday i was at the circle k in jonesboro right on corner of 138. i had just left from acura. had to get cap and rotor. howsthe valve cover look?

 

vavle cover looks real good, i like it...

 

hmm is it shiny

 

nope, but what grit sand paper should i use 2 sand the valve cover so i can polish it???