Valve cover gasket leak
Valve cover gasket leak
Recently went for timing belt change. After change liao got oil seepage from the valve cover gasket..went back to workshop to retighten again n clean off the oil residue but few days later problem come back... anyone encounter this before after timing belt change? Any torque load to retighten the valve cover?
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actually u should change the valve cover seal.. it cost like only less than $25 if i'nm not wrong.. and it will save u some problem... not forgeting the bolts to the valve covers have seals as well!!!! its round in shae one... MCDS can correct me if i'm worng..
Honda's gaskets are designed to reseal a few times, honda's tapets go loose very often buay song open and adjust until song, since its cheap normally we change it.
It could be the workshop you go to dont know our engine well.
Lastly, our block is aluminium alloy, never got it overheated. Engine block will warp and uneven leads to oil leaks.
It could be the workshop you go to dont know our engine well.
Lastly, our block is aluminium alloy, never got it overheated. Engine block will warp and uneven leads to oil leaks.
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I could have swown that I replied to this thread on Wednesday morning... yet now my 'post' is missing... hmmm...
dejaVu? or I super imagine it?
anyways, I suggested changing the gasket and if that does not work, to replace the head studs, plus changing yet another seal...
funny....
dejaVu? or I super imagine it?
anyways, I suggested changing the gasket and if that does not work, to replace the head studs, plus changing yet another seal...
funny....
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the timing belt change operation involves opening up the top cover and so it is not surprising that it could be leaking now...
go back to that workshop to ask them to look at it.. maybe they forgot a screw or nut or two...
go back to that workshop to ask them to look at it.. maybe they forgot a screw or nut or two...
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that workshop mechanic tell you 'some oil seepage is normal'?
time to FOREVER BAN that workshop, or if that is your workshop, time to tell that mechanic to find another job as a pump attendant or something.... not mechanic for cars...
got seepage means someting is starting to be wrong leow.
other people got radiation poisoning also... normal lor hor? nb...
who cares about other people ... the issue is with your car, now...
unless you been redlining your engine for hours everyday... you should NOT have seepage.
time to FOREVER BAN that workshop, or if that is your workshop, time to tell that mechanic to find another job as a pump attendant or something.... not mechanic for cars...
got seepage means someting is starting to be wrong leow.
other people got radiation poisoning also... normal lor hor? nb...
who cares about other people ... the issue is with your car, now...
unless you been redlining your engine for hours everyday... you should NOT have seepage.
Freedom isn't Free, it costs people like you and me... Freedom costs a buck 'o five....