Dark Shark

Ok well I cleaned my Engine Bay up yesterday and it looked so much better and I was very pleased. I drove around last night and when I met with a few friends I popped the hood and noticed that there was (what looked like oil) leaking from those three bolts (red circled) at the front of the engine....

Dirty:


Clean:


Could the bolts just be loose and need to be torqued down? or is it something else? I want to torque it down to see if that solves the problem but what is the torque setting for those bolts?

hamhead

That torques down the valve cover gasket. It really doesn't matter what you torque those to, as long as they're not finger loose the gasket shouldn't leak.

If you wanna be picky about the torque settings for them, go hmaservice.com and look it up.

Dark Shark

They aren't really loose.... (hmaservice.com isn't working for me right now so i just tightened them a little) any suggestion as to what the problem might be then?

hamhead

Gasket might be bad, it happens. I'd tighten them down good and snug, clean it up, and if it does leak again, replace the gasket.

Dark Shark

Ok thnx man, thats what I was thinking it just looked like the oil was coming from around the bolts and not from the gasket....

sjl01

My wifes tib has the same problem, what gasket is it.... head gasket or valve cover gasket?? or are they both the same thing???

hamhead

Valve cover gasket. Head gasket is further down in the motor.

sjl01

nice one Hamhead, thanks for the info.

fonseca

When you buy a new valve cover gasket, if you get the "full" valve cover gasket set, it will include the rubber washers that go under those bolts. As well as some others like for the spark plug tubes.

Dark Shark

^^^ Sounds like thats exactly what I need, THNx man