Valve Cover Gasket
 

I will be replacing my valve cover gaskets next weekend. I have a Fel-Pro gasket kit with rubber gaskets.

To RTV or not?

uberhahn

RTV at the corners. torque twice, at cold and after engine warm, to ensure a tight seal.

valve cover and other maintenance items
 

I would like to do some other maintentance this weekend as I do my valve-cover gasket replacement. So, this is what's planned, but check my logic and suggest added things while I'm in there.

1- Seafoam treatment
2- Drain oil
3- Change gasket
4- New spark plugs
5- New oil

The truck has roughly 100K miles. I'd like to change the plug wires on the driver's side, but may hold off for $$.

Does my sequence make sense? Is there something else I should do while in there?

uberhahn

Might want to consider a coolant flush, diff fluid change, and possibly a tranny fluid flush. Possibly a PCV change. Clean the throttle body, the MAF...I just got finished doing all of that this past weekend: Dont forget to anti-size the plugs before installing them. If you are going to change the wires, I'd do all of them at once.

Keep on Truckin'

Are you doing this all at once? The reason I ask is that you should let the Seafoam work for a bit before changing the oil & plugs. Figure 100-200 miles of mixed driving (local & highway).

while the valve cover is off. Does it make sense to adjust valves?

i had 132k mile on my stock plug wires its still ran great but new ones are only 37 bucks so i changed them anyways

I'm not trying to hijack the thread but since it was brought up....

What is Seafoam treatment?

It's a process where you take your rig to the nearest beach and run it through the waves. It must be saltwater though, so an inland salt dredge will work, or you can mix 3 cups of salt to one gallon of water, then slowly pour it over the engine, making sure to get some in the intake. Repeat this process twice a day for 3 days, being sure to let the previous application completely dry before moving on to the next.


Or. you could SEARCH (blinking yellow clickable text on the thread headerline) and find the real answer:

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f123/seafoam-injector-intake-cleaner-good-stuff-64836/
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f123/seafoam-verdict-69490/

uber,

title changed. please put in some key words, even just one

bob

:chairfall


On a lighter note, I was in the same position, didn't know what seafoam was, but I was fortunate enough to be here when the seafoam threads where popular. Check those links, great info inside of them, and again, use the search button. Besides the great people on this board, that function is the best resource available. Tons of great information and the push of a few buttons.

I was this ][ close to unleashing the SEARCH! message from hell.

It's been a while since I've used that... :D

I thought our valves didn't need adjusting but if they did, this is a huge job.

My preferance is no rtv.......just the gasket mated on meticulously well prepped surfaces.

Check my logic...valve cover gasket replacement
 

Planned for this weekend is my valve cover gasket replacement. This is the sequence that I will follow. Please double check my logic and suggest additional inspections/maint. items.

The truck is now roughly at 100 K miles. Timing belt done at 93K. Recall I had a overtorqued plug that melted one of the coils (#1, pass side, front). My oil leak started once I re-tapped and helicoiled.

1- Seafoam treatment
2- Drain oil
3- Take off valve cover
4- clean mating surfaces
5- install new gaskets (plug seals as well)
6- Re-install valve cover and torque cold
7- install new Denso plugs
8- add new Synth. oil
9- Warm engine
10- Re-Torque valve cover

Am I missing anything? I plan on checking valves, but doubt anything has moved.

Any input is appreciated.

uberhahn

Why did you repost this? It's really confusing to have two threads with basically the same info...

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92475


And why didn't you do what the moderator asked you to do in the other thread?

I merged ALL three of your threads that were on the same subject into one. Let's try not to confuse the readership too much, OK?

Sorry about the double post. Didn't realize the first got renamed. Unfortuantely, I don't live on Yotatech to see everything... sorry about the confusion.