Hey everybody.....

so i'm putting my valve cover back on my B20 and i'm tightening down all the nuts and i get to the LAST ONE......the one closest to the dizzy that also holds down that L shaped bracket thingy that holds the spark plug wires and it sheers off flush with the top of the plastic doughnut thingy that sits in between the nut and the valve cover.....

somebody please tell me that crankcase pressures are low enough that i can just live without that one completely. it's the one in the center on the very end. will the super grey i put on the brand new valve cover gasket be enough to hold it?

if not, does anybody have any good ideas on what i should do next...



Mike

 

if im reading this right you broke a valve cover bolt when tighting it? and its stuck in ur head?

i broke one on my single cam and i dosent leak or anything i just got a little rubber gourmet from ace hardware and pushed it in for now tell i fix it haven had any probelems had it thisway for quite some time now.

 

Did the same thing you did before. I'm assuming you only busted off the top portion of the stud, and not all the way down in the head. Driving with that hole uncovered is going to make a mess of your engine bay. Put a decent size dab of hondabond or whatever silicone you have over the hole, wait a couple hours and go order yourself a new valve cover stud from Honda (guaranteed they won't have one in stock). You'll be fine without it for a while.

When the stud comes in, pull the valve cover off, get yourself a deep well socket, yank the old stud out. I think it's either a 10 or 12mm like everything else on that damn car. Put the new one in, and stop over tightening those VC nuts.

 

ummm...over tighten much? I did the same thing once on a b16 head. Pressure will not be low enough, you will get oil on the valvecover and underneath your hood. I know cause I drove the car to honda like that. Honda dealer sells them for $6-$8. Just go get one.

 

yeah they are cheap just one of those things you dont wanna do lol.

 

dont know what you mean? You pull the VC off, look at broken stud, grab your 12mm wrench/socket, pull it out, new one in,VC on, just over hand tight. You dont work on your own cars? Not that hard...i would consider replacing your clutch as something you dont wanna do lol.

 

beautiful advice everyone!.......i have a lapping day this thursday so i'm going to try to get a new stud from the stealership tomorrow!

 

does anybody know the part number of the post?

 

hahaha...so very true my man

 

Dealership does.
Or www.hondaautomotiveparts.com

 

mine broke in the head like flush i cant grab it or anything it snaped inside the head not outside where i could twist it back out i have to drill into the head in order to get it out.

 

mine did this too, you can use an extractor bit to get it out

 

Good call on that have you had any experience?

 

well thats what you did not the OP but thanks for sharing...jk not being a dick just think your funny

 

oh, no way..........thats deep man.....awesome

 

just noticed ur location going to the tech meet?

 

working, but wish i could...i have burnt all my paid time off

 

Dang no good.