Noticed a small amount of oil in all 4 spark plug wells on my drivers side when checking plugs at the end of the season. Not a lot but a few Mls in each and a little on the coil pack boots. Anyone ever re-torque the valve cover or should I just pull it and replace doughnut gaskets and gasket?
Re-torque Valve Covers?
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Retorqueing the valve cover wont change the spark plug tube seal ability to seal. IMO just pull it and reseal the valve cover.
Sounds like a little project for the Winter. Was looking at it and it doesn't seem like too big a job. Just as well to pull the cover I guess. Lol
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On the driver side cover you'll have to unbolt the hydroboost and push it off to the side to get the valve cover off on the drivers side. That's the hardest part of it, but really not much work over all.
Yes pull the covers and replace the spark plug tube seals along with new valve cover gaskets. My bad on just stating reseal. In my mind reseal mean replacing all associated gaskets with the job, but doesn't mean everyone thinks that way.
Hardest part looks to be removing the hydro boost and then it looks pretty straight forward. Thanks again
Looks like you have a 2.9 whipple though. That means passenger's side valve cover requires pulling the blower... assuming you're going to reseal that one too. I probably wouldn't if looks dry
Passenger side was dry. Thank goodness. Lol just going to do the drivers side for now and eventually when the blower has to come off I'll do the pass.
Any reason theses leak or just faulty gaskets? Motor was rebuilt in 2010 and new ones were installed. Not sure what brand they used though. 20k on rebuild.
Any reason theses leak or just faulty gaskets? Motor was rebuilt in 2010 and new ones were installed. Not sure what brand they used though. 20k on rebuild.
Gasket probably just failed. I've owned my Cobra since new and they've never leaked. Motor rebuilt in 09 as well. So I don't think the design is bad. My BMW's inline 6 has a similar setup with tubes going down to the park plugs through the valve cover and it started leaking a little just like your car and would pool a little oil around the plugs. Had to pull the valve cover and install a new gasket to fix it. Just one of those things.
Cool. Buddy of mine said he has done it a couple of times and only a couple of hours work. Could be worse I guess. Lol gaskets are cheap too.
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