as title, my valve cover always leak, even after I changed new gasket, maybe I did the bolt sequence wrong, there are only 4 bolts to tight the valve cover, anyone please help!!!!

thanks


Modified by hsujohn at 10:18 AM 11/22/2005

 

Where is it leaking? Could be the cam seal? Spark plug grommets?

Did you put Hondabond/gasket sealer on the corners of the gasket? Did you torque it down to the correct setting? I'm not sure about Civics, but Integra ones are about 7-9 ft-lbs. Too much and it's not good, and too little, and it's also not good.

Torque them down in a criss-cross pattern if there are only 4. Upper left, lower right, upper right, and lower left.

 

sorry for the late repy, leaks from the vlave cover area, not the spark plugs area, you can see some oils coming out of vlave cover....
if anyone knows the bolts sequence, that's be nice!!

 

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if anyone knows the bolts sequence, that's be nice!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Okay, so did you check what I mentioned? Did you put Hondabond/gasket sealer on the corners of the gasket before you put it on? There are only 4 bolts you said, and you're always supposed to torque them in a criss-cross pattern whether there are 4 bolts or 8 bolts or 100 bolts.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by shamoo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Upper left, lower right, upper right, and lower left.</TD></TR></TABLE>