Honda Car Forum

Are there any tricks to changing the valve cover gasket on a '93
Accord? I've got 128k miles on my original gasket and it's
losing oil. I bought the fel-pro gasket kit.

Andrew

This is not specific to a Honda, but stick the new gasket to the cleaned
valve cover with weather stripping or silicon, THEN put silicon on the
bottom side of the gasket, THEN replace the valve cover, onto the
cleaned surface it belongs to..

comprende?

thanks
ref

Andrew wrote:

>Are there any tricks to changing the valve cover gasket on a '93
>Accord? I've got 128k miles on my original gasket and it's
>losing oil. I bought the fel-pro gasket kit.
>
>Andrew
>
>
>



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El Gran Cantinflas <123@456.com> spake unto the masses in
news:3fe09459_7@corp.newsgroups.com:

> This is not specific to a Honda, but stick the new gasket to the cleaned
> valve cover with weather stripping or silicon, THEN put silicon on the
> bottom side of the gasket, THEN replace the valve cover, onto the
> cleaned surface it belongs to..


Do NOT use silicone. You will have an absolute BITCH of a time getting th
cover off again later.

Just clean off the surfaces, put the new gasket in place on the cover and
replace. A very thin wipe of engine oil on the new gasket will help it
slide into any sharp corners you may have.

The ONLY place you may need small dabs of sensor-safe Permatex is in those
aforementioned sharp corners. And even then I have never had to do that
with a new OEM gasket.

And I would have used an OEM gasket. They last longer and fit better.

--
TeGGeR®

Shouldn't need any sealer. Make sure everything is clean (clean all the
surfaces with carb cleaner). Fel-Pro gasket will fit good and not leak.

Roger
VA Beach, VA

> Do NOT use silicone. You will have an absolute BITCH of a time getting th
> cover off again later.
>
> Just clean off the surfaces, put the new gasket in place on the cover and
> replace. A very thin wipe of engine oil on the new gasket will help it
> slide into any sharp corners you may have.
>
> The ONLY place you may need small dabs of sensor-safe Permatex is in those
> aforementioned sharp corners. And even then I have never had to do that
> with a new OEM gasket.
>
> And I would have used an OEM gasket. They last longer and fit better.
>
> --
> TeGGeR®

Make sure both mating surfaces are free of debris, clean, and dry.

You can use a small amount of silicon on each side of the gasket, but don't
over do it! You don't want globules of silicone ingested into the engine.

I personally use Hi-Tact. It comes in a spray, and I just lightly coat each
side of the gasket before installing.

Be careful when tightening the bolts/nuts when installing, especially if its
a cork gasket. they don't need to be as tight as other fasteners...get a
torque wrench if you want to be sure.


--
'03 S2000
'94 Accord

It's just about going fast...that's all...

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"Andrew" <andrew619820@aol.com> wrote in message
news:brq37c$si0$1@news-int.gatech.edu...
> Are there any tricks to changing the valve cover gasket on a '93
> Accord? I've got 128k miles on my original gasket and it's
> losing oil. I bought the fel-pro gasket kit.
>
> Andrew
>

Ive been using silicon for 25 years...never a problem.

--
'03 S2000
'94 Accord

It's just about going fast...that's all...

http://home.insight.rr.com/cgreen/
"Roger and Liza Somero" <r.someroabc@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:Kd8Eb.17327$I6.14153@nwrddc03.gnilink.net...
> Shouldn't need any sealer. Make sure everything is clean (clean all the
> surfaces with carb cleaner). Fel-Pro gasket will fit good and not leak.
>
> Roger
> VA Beach, VA
>
> > Do NOT use silicone. You will have an absolute BITCH of a time getting
th
> > cover off again later.
> >
> > Just clean off the surfaces, put the new gasket in place on the cover
and
> > replace. A very thin wipe of engine oil on the new gasket will help it
> > slide into any sharp corners you may have.
> >
> > The ONLY place you may need small dabs of sensor-safe Permatex is in
those
> > aforementioned sharp corners. And even then I have never had to do that
> > with a new OEM gasket.
> >
> > And I would have used an OEM gasket. They last longer and fit better.
> >
> > --
> > TeGGeR®
>
>

Thus spake Andrew on 12/17/2003 11:19 AM:

> Are there any tricks to changing the valve cover gasket on a '93
> Accord? I've got 128k miles on my original gasket and it's
> losing oil. I bought the fel-pro gasket kit.
>
> Andrew

Fsck Fel-Pro. They blow, and I've heard that from more than one
mechanic. I decided to try to cheap out on my wife's POS Saturn and use
a Fel-Pro "kit" from Autozone and ended up with a large blue cloud
coming from under the hood and a $45 bill to Saturn for a gasket.

Spend the extra bucks and get the genuine Honda gasket. Put in new tube
seals for the plugs while you're at it...not neccessary, but not a bad
idea either.

-moitz-

>"Moitz" wrote
> > Andrew wrote
> > Are there any tricks to changing the valve cover gasket on a '93
> > Accord? I've got 128k miles on my original gasket and it's
> > losing oil. I bought the fel-pro gasket kit.

> Spend the extra bucks and get the genuine Honda gasket.

Exactly.

You're lucky. Fel-pro inadvertently threw a connecting rod thru the side of
my engine block.