I went to the acura dealership to get some spark plug gaskets but im not sure what they gave me was correct. It only costed me like 10 bucks and it was just 4 round rubber things. Is there more to that that i needed?

 

Nope. Its just 4 rings. While you're at it, you should also change your valve cover gasket.

 

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Yup, they have a slit along the middle of the outside, just pop right in... You'll see once you get the valve cover off, its simple.

 

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The gaskets they gave you are for under the valve cover. They go around each hole that the spark plug goes through.

They don't physically go around the sprak plug though.

Part no. 7 in the picture.

 

ahh...thanks.. how much do the valve cover gaskets cost? and how do you replace them?

 

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A complete cylinder head cover gasket set will cost approx. $30.00. If you follow the lines from No. 2 in the illustration, it will show you all that is included.

They are a piece of cake to install. Taking the valve cover off is easy, but, if you've never done it before, go get some kind of service manual to help you out.

 

I just got my valve cover gasket set yesterday. I bought mine on e-Bay, it's a Japanese import and includes: valve cover gasket (1), spark plug tube seals (4), grommets (7), cam shaft plug (1).

Here's a photo:


It ran me about $22 shipped.

 

I just had the whole valve cover gasket set changed last week and the big circles under the cover around the sparkplug holes are also commonly known as "grommets".