leaking oil, valve cover gaskets?

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zmw
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leaking oil, valve cover gaskets?

Post by zmw »

How much of a PITA is the vavle cover gaskets on a 94 SS?

just looking for a rough estimate of time involved....

silly question but can it be done w/o pulling the motor... i know on STI's there is barely enough room in there to do plugs...

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Post by farfrumwork »

I recently asked th every same question... My leak was from the passenger side valve cover.

It is an easy job. Do a search for it and you'll find a few helpfull posts, but it is intuitive and quick.

I'd say it took me 1.5hr and a lot of that was spent cleaning up the cover making it all pretty-like before I reassembled. So I have a shinny pass side cover and no more burnt oil smell - yeah!

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Post by zmw »

what about the drivers side?

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Post by farfrumwork »

same deal... I'd remove the washer reservior to gain a bit more clearance, and replace the oil fill neck o-ring while it's apart too.

It's really easy - 3 bolts per valve cover
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Post by lucas »

there really easy to do,just take your time and make sure you clean them out real well after you take them off. I did both of mine two weeks ago. No more leaking. now my power steering is going!!!, leak city
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Post by ciper »

Make sure you replace the rubber "gaskets" on the nuts at the same time.
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