I replaced my valve cover gasket and spark plug tube seals and I still ended up having oil in my sparkplugs and i see light residue of oil around the valve cover. why is that, i belive i tightend the studs as tight as possible but i was also told you dont want to tighten it to much or you can snap the studs, do i need to just tighten them just a little nudge more or what help me out guys, or should i just go ahead and bring it to the shop, the only reason why i didnt bring it to the shop is because they may try to tell me to replaces my wires and spark plugs but there fairly new and i dont want that, just the seals and thats it. help me out guys!

 

you need to use a gasket sealent, like a high heat stuff liek honda-bond. its usually red/ornage and its real cheap. it makes a great seal with anything.

 

you are suppose to use hondabond around the cam caps and make sure the valve cover gasket is properly seated....other then that I dont know.

 

yeah, at least use hondabond in the corners.......did you torque everything properly and in the proper sequence?

 

I didnt use any bond stuff, i didnt know i need to<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stareatsun &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you need to use a gasket sealent, like a high heat stuff liek honda-bond. its usually red/ornage and its real cheap. it makes a great seal with anything.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

yeah i took them off in a pattern and then i put them back on in the order i took them off

 

anyone?