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Oil leak from valve covers?

     
Old Jun 1, 2009 | 05:46 PM
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Oil leak from valve covers?
Hey guys i had a slight oil leak form my valve covers that fouled out a plug. I know the rev up have this problem with oil consumption. But can i just change the valve cover gaskets? What do i do it is a 03 coupe. Thx
 
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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does the car have 65-75k miles?
 
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Degmidgetg35
Hey guys i had a slight oil leak form my valve covers that fouled out a plug. I know the rev up have this problem with oil consumption. But can i just change the valve cover gaskets? What do i do it is a 03 coupe. Thx
If you have oil in the plug wells, you will need new valve covers.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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The car has 133,000 lol. Alright ill get new valve covers and gaskets then, will it solve the problem? thx
 
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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yup. have fun with that job
 
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 12:30 PM
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but if you have oil in the spark plug wells then this may not solve the issue, on my honda that was not the case, there are gaskets under the heads too at least on the honda!
 
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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No its not in the spark plug well, only one spark plug was having this problem it made my check engine light come on.
 
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