valve cover gasket leak

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Mar 17, 2005 | 10:20 PM

gsacuraintegra99

Thread Starter

Joined: Aug 2004

Posts: 41

Likes: 0

From: Nor Cal, California, USA

valve cover gasket leak

is this a bad leak?

Mar 17, 2005 | 10:25 PM

Tampa94lsteg

Honda-Tech Member

iTrader: (2)

Joined: Oct 2004

Posts: 389

Likes: 0

From: Tampa, FL, USA

Re: valve cover gasket leak (gsacuraintegra99)

just replace it dude.....like 25 bucks from honda get OEM parts for all your gaskets BTW....make sure to torque the nuts on the VC only to 7lbs...you may be over tightening....hope this helps

Mar 17, 2005 | 11:21 PM

virusiidx

Honda-Tech Member

Joined: Jan 2004

Posts: 1,059

Likes: 0

Re: valve cover gasket leak (Tampa94lsteg)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tampa94lsteg »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">.make sure to torque the nuts on the VC only to 7lbs...you may be over tightening....hope this helps</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah a lot of people break the stud because of overtightening, they're not as tight as you think.