i'm missing one freaking bolt that goes on top of your valve cover. it looks like it was a washer with a 10mm bolted on top of it. do you guys know where i can get one at? this is the first night of me having my car back with my d16y8 swap, and i can see oil squirting out of that one place where the bolt should have been. as you can see on this valve cover, you can clearly see the 5 bolts. i'm missing the one all the way to the right where that one ground is at.

 

Honda delaership or junker, wont be expensive. Ours (4g) are studs and they only cost like $5 each.

 

thank you. your sure they sell em at the honda dealership n' have them in stock?

 

I know they sell them, however if they have them in stock is questionable. I had to have mine shipped when I needed them. Call some around you and ask, then ask prices for overnight and 2 day air shipping. I know my dealership sends orders out on tues and gets the parts thurs. The only other thing I would try is if youve got an old a6 or b2 laying around from your swap try sticking one of the grommets in there with some hondbond to hold the leaking for a day or 2. Good luck.

Oh yeah, for now I'd be sure to have the ground hooked up so I'd take one of the other bolts out and put it in that hole.

 

So thats a y8 with a a6 manifold?

What did it feel like when you first drove it? Compared to stock?

 

well..i just upgraded from a d15b2 to a d16y8. all i can say is....holy ****. Yep, that's a y8 with an a6 manifold. it's not my engine picture, but i do have basically the same set up. I'm using the pm6 ecu, si register box, a6 manifold, a6 distributor, Si Tranny.

 

Nice

So besides the mpfi swap what other wiring problems did you have?

 

Take one bolt out and go to the hardware store and try and match it up with the bolt you pulled out.......that would be my first idea.

Otherwise yeah honda, but being that I work at a dealership, I know we'd get a kick outta someone who came in for one bolt on a valve cover......lol but we all have to swallow our pride every now and then ive done worse things....

good luck, hope your swap makes you happy once you take care of this ordeal.

 

its an item kept "instock". I broke the one near the oil cap, so i went down to honda and thats what they told me. cant remember the exact price but it wasnt over 5. it comes without the grommet and metal plate, i just used my old one

 

damn, i need the grommet and metal plate as well. and as for wiring problems, no, i had no wiring problems. Just gotta solder up all the connections and cover them up. Oh, and i have to activate vtec sometime.