What do you guys think? Since it's pretty cold here, I won't get a chance to replace it until maybe another month. I won't run into bigger problems right if I dont replace the gasket soon?

 

No you won't. I used to run the car with broken head gasket for like a year and a half.

 

That's not the head gasket, that's the head cover gasket. You'll just be leaking a little oil until you repair it.

 

do not worry about it! it's not head gasket! it's valve cover gasket.

You can change it later, just watch that it do not get worse and check you oil level.

I changed the title

 

Thanks... I didn't mean to put headgasket I was in a hurry tongue.gif

 

Could adding too much oil cause a leak at the valve cover gasket? Some fool topped my oil off to way over the full mark last time my car was serviced for something completely unrelated, and mine has leaked some too. So maybe if I remove the cover and clean everything well there won't be any more leaking, now that I am at the proper level.

It's a good thing I wasn't running synthetic, but they did add a different brand 10w30 to my 5w30.

 

Mine's been spitting oil out like that for close to a year now. I'll be changing the VC gasket most likely when I swap the intake cam when I get around to it.

 

different oils like 10w30 and 5w30 can be mixed, especially if they are from the same manufacture.

Valve cover gasket may leak if it's not torqued properly (too low or too high).

 

get a new one.. just dont tighen it so tight you only need about 6 lbs of tuque on them puppys

 

Mine is doing to samething, im just letting it chill till i have money to fix it and my oil pan gasket.