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I have an oil leak past one bolt in the valve cover. What is the best fix?
Is there some seal or other part that needs to be replaced?

I can't see the valve cover gasket being the cause although I expect to
replace it in the course of whatever fix I do.

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Cheers


RichW

"RichW" <rwse_nospam_2001@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> I have an oil leak past one bolt in the valve cover. What is the best fix?
> Is there some seal or other part that needs to be replaced?

isnt there a rubber biscuit under a metal washer on the valve cover bolts?
>
> I can't see the valve cover gasket being the cause although I expect to
> replace it in the course of whatever fix I do.

id replace all the rubber parts up there that are leaking.

Places like Autozone typically sell a "valve cover gasket kit." The kit
typically includes a gasket for the valve cover as well as smaller gaskets
(a.k.a. "grommets" and "spark plug tube seals") for the various penetrations
through the valve cover, e.g. the bolts that attach the valve cover and spark
plug tubes.

Manuals for some makes of Honda also sometimes recommend a dob of sealant at
certain locations for the valve cover gasket.

Autozone's site has instructions for replacing the valve cover gasket (also
known as the "cylinder head cover gasket"). For a 4-cylinder, 2-liter MFI 95
Accord, see http://tinyurl.com/2vaau

See http://tinyurl.com/2pk8s for the applicable valve cover gasket parts for
this particular Accord.

Replace the gasket carefully. Some kid apprentice mechanic replaced mine on my
1991 Civic a year+ ago. He was sloppy and twisted it somewhat such that the seal
was badly compromised. (I happened to be standing by watching this somewhat but
wasn't aware at the time that the gasket was there.) Five hundred miles later my
car's lower engine was covered with oil, and the dipstick showed no oil (though
as it turns out something like a quart was still in there). I subsequently
replaced the gasket myself. No problems since.


"RichW" <rwse_nospam_2001@yahoo.ca> wrote
> I have an oil leak past one bolt in the valve cover. What is the best fix?
> Is there some seal or other part that needs to be replaced?
>
> I can't see the valve cover gasket being the cause although I expect to
> replace it in the course of whatever fix I do.
>
> --
> Cheers
>
>
> RichW
>
>

RichW wrote:
> I have an oil leak past one bolt in the valve cover. What is the best fix?
> Is there some seal or other part that needs to be replaced?
>
> I can't see the valve cover gasket being the cause although I expect to
> replace it in the course of whatever fix I do.
>
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Like Caroline said, get the 'full kit' and do it yourself.

Test the PCV before you go to the parts store (or take it along) because
it might be the cause of the leak. It's likely to need replacing just
due to age, anyhow. You might even get the unexpected bonus of better
gas mileage.

'Curly'