Have you ever taken out your spark plug wire and there is oil on them? yeah, that's because your spark plug tube seals are leaking, i had to replace the ones on my f22 like 4 times in one year cause i was doing it wrong and when i took it to mechanics they also were doing it wrong, until i took it to a friend of mine that has been building imports for a while and showed me how to do it
here is how to fix it the right way:
go to any parts store and buy the valve cover gasket set, and make sure that they include the spark plug tube seals, they're ~$25, also get a small tube of hi-temp rtv silicone gasket sealant
take off the valve cover, remove the old gasket and tube seals, scape and clean out any dirt or gasket remains on the edge of the cover and where the cover sits on the engine
once all that has been cleaned off, put a little of the sealant around the front part of the tube seals (just so they will stick to the cover even more) and then put them on the cover, the gasket also needs to go on the cover, and like the tube seals use a bit of sealant on the corners, where the gasket curves up and where it curves down, it should be a total of 4 corners
since you have cleaned where the cover will sit, put a little of that sealant on those 4 corners so the cover gasket will stick to the head
after that put the cover back on and make sure that it seats even once it's sitting even use the new grommets provided
here is the tricky part: when tightening the bolts you have to distribute the force evenly across, like putting on a tire, you dont do it clockwise nor tighten one all the way first, when tighten one nut, do the nut directly across it next and turn it the same number of times so the cover sits down evenly because what I was doing was tightening them clockwise or tightening one all the way first and them going to the next one, so that's why i at first cylinder one tube leaking after changing them cylinder one would stop leaking and cylinder 4 is now leaking, or cylinder 3, all that was because the valve cover did not come down evenly, so just make sure that it is coming down evenly and you should be good
Now you have changed the VC but you still have so oil down the tube here is how to burn it off: i asked different car knowledgeable people and i got mixed reviews on how to and what to use when doing this, so i seen my friend Jay do it with brake cleaner so since i know that works, that what i used. I waited until the car was cool, very cool, i did it before i drove the car in the morning i advice you do the same since brake cleaner is very flammable.
take out the spark plugs itself, it should have some oil on it, spray two spays of brake cleaner into the tube (one to the left side of the spark plug tube wall and one to the right side) you dont want to use too much.
the mixture will drip into the combustion chamber, and thats what you want. wait about 3 minutes, to let the fumes from the brake cleaner out, after that put the spark plugs back on, put the wires back on the plug, turn on the car and make sure you rev it up, cause its going to want to turn off, and you should see some smoke come out the exhaust, that's the oil, when you see no more smoke turn the car off, and remove the wires and it should be dry, i even had to replace my distributor twice because of this
hope that works for you and enjoy your CB
here is how to fix it the right way:
go to any parts store and buy the valve cover gasket set, and make sure that they include the spark plug tube seals, they're ~$25, also get a small tube of hi-temp rtv silicone gasket sealant
take off the valve cover, remove the old gasket and tube seals, scape and clean out any dirt or gasket remains on the edge of the cover and where the cover sits on the engine
once all that has been cleaned off, put a little of the sealant around the front part of the tube seals (just so they will stick to the cover even more) and then put them on the cover, the gasket also needs to go on the cover, and like the tube seals use a bit of sealant on the corners, where the gasket curves up and where it curves down, it should be a total of 4 corners
since you have cleaned where the cover will sit, put a little of that sealant on those 4 corners so the cover gasket will stick to the head
after that put the cover back on and make sure that it seats even once it's sitting even use the new grommets provided
here is the tricky part: when tightening the bolts you have to distribute the force evenly across, like putting on a tire, you dont do it clockwise nor tighten one all the way first, when tighten one nut, do the nut directly across it next and turn it the same number of times so the cover sits down evenly because what I was doing was tightening them clockwise or tightening one all the way first and them going to the next one, so that's why i at first cylinder one tube leaking after changing them cylinder one would stop leaking and cylinder 4 is now leaking, or cylinder 3, all that was because the valve cover did not come down evenly, so just make sure that it is coming down evenly and you should be good
Now you have changed the VC but you still have so oil down the tube here is how to burn it off: i asked different car knowledgeable people and i got mixed reviews on how to and what to use when doing this, so i seen my friend Jay do it with brake cleaner so since i know that works, that what i used. I waited until the car was cool, very cool, i did it before i drove the car in the morning i advice you do the same since brake cleaner is very flammable.
take out the spark plugs itself, it should have some oil on it, spray two spays of brake cleaner into the tube (one to the left side of the spark plug tube wall and one to the right side) you dont want to use too much.
the mixture will drip into the combustion chamber, and thats what you want. wait about 3 minutes, to let the fumes from the brake cleaner out, after that put the spark plugs back on, put the wires back on the plug, turn on the car and make sure you rev it up, cause its going to want to turn off, and you should see some smoke come out the exhaust, that's the oil, when you see no more smoke turn the car off, and remove the wires and it should be dry, i even had to replace my distributor twice because of this
hope that works for you and enjoy your CB
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