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Misanthropy

Misanthropy

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So like what does this mean? is this just left over crap from the sea foam and fuel injectors being cleaned?
 

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Not a valve cover... it is the O rings around the spark plug holes... i believe...

But what you're looking at is oil in case you didn't know... nothing to do with seafoam.
 
maxmk8 said:
Not a valve cover... it is the O rings around the spark plug holes... i believe...

But what you're looking at is oil in case you didn't know... nothing to do with seafoam.
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Ok, thats what I figured. What part do I need to pick up tomorrow and how hard is it to replace via shop manual?
 
Misanthropy said:
Ok, thats what I figured. What part do I need to pick up tomorrow and how hard is it to replace via shop manual?
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Well depending on what side of the engine it is on... i think the drivers side is the one that can't be taken off unless you move the engine... not an easy undertaking...
 
maxmk8 said:
Well depending on what side of the engine it is on... i think the drivers side is the one that can't be taken off unless you move the engine... not an easy undertaking...
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It's on the passenger side. closest one to the firewall. Driver side plugs look real good.
 
you are lucky son!!! passenger side is the easy one to remove. if its a first gen remove the air intake tube and take the valve cover off, if its a 97-98 take the intake tube off and the throttle body, then remove the valve cover. i dont think you'll be able to buy one side, they come in a pair, autozone carries them, you need a valve cover set with plug tower oil seals, i get fel-pro's cost about 70 bucks for the complete set. the valve cover gasket is like a rubber ribbon gasket, and under the valve cover, where the 4 plug holes come through the valve cover are 4 oil seals that stops the engine oil from leaking into the spark plug journals, not a catastophe but can wreck your coil pack boots and cause spark arc if not fixed. pass side isnt bad to do though just be patient.
 
jamies98lsc said:
you are lucky son!!! passenger side is the easy one to remove. if its a first gen remove the air intake tube and take the valve cover off, if its a 97-98 take the intake tube off and the throttle body, then remove the valve cover. i dont think you'll be able to buy one side, they come in a pair, autozone carries them, you need a valve cover set with plug tower oil seals, i get fel-pro's cost about 70 bucks for the complete set. the valve cover gasket is like a rubber ribbon gasket, and under the valve cover, where the 4 plug holes come through the valve cover are 4 oil seals that stops the engine oil from leaking into the spark plug journals, not a catastophe but can wreck your coil pack boots and cause spark arc if not fixed. pass side isnt bad to do though just be patient.
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I will be patient for sure, thanks for the direct info Jamie. Is there any special tool or lube I will need. Hopefully I can just remove them by hand.
 
mikenacarato said:
ok, cause its leaking a bit on both sides. i have an engine hoist if i need to pull it up a little to one side.
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you don't have to, its just a pain in the arse either way.

I've had oil in the spark plugs twice, the passanger side is just annoying. Its very stubborn to remove but I could get it without moving anything, the drivers side I needed to remove the break booster from the inside of the car. To figure that out was ANNOYING.
 
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So I ended up ordering new coil packs,wires,seals, and forgot to ask about them, but new vacuum lines for egr components. The old ones cracked after I man handled them a little bit.
 
One more quicky, the manual says "Apply 8mm diameter drop of WSE-M4G323-A1 sealer to front cover gasket at cam cover gasket intersection 4 places 2 per cam cover" Is this necessary?

And am I going to need to drain some oil? Or should I be ok without motor running?
 
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The engines that I worked on never needed that but it may be a good pre-cautionary measure in case you drop some crap in the oil.

Also the sealant is necessary...
 
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