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| What’s the difference between an engine front cover seal and a valve cover gasket | 28Relevance | 3 years ago | ladybit | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hello everyone, Is there a difference between a Engine Front cover Seal and a Valve cover gasket replacement? I took my car in because I notice after my oil change I smell excess oil which eventually gave off fumes a few day later.. mainly in idle. I took car back to dealership and they stated I needed a engine front cover reseal at a total of 2800 dollars. I recently in September had the valve cover gasket replacement done at a tune of 1800 dollars. My car is old. 2010 Buick Lacrosse with 193,400 miles. Any advice? | |||||
| Under carriage cover and engine cover | 32Relevance | 3 years ago | Ren_Mazda6 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hi guys, 2011 Mazda6. Like to remove the under carriage cover and the engine cover in the engine bay. Read that the engine cover serves to cool critical parts under the engine? Doesn't sound right to me. Read that the under carriage cover serves to protect sensors from debris. May reduce road noise in the cabin and gas economy. Removing it like older cars used to be will just make it easier for me to change the transmission fluid. The drain plug is cover the reason why I can't do it anymore, the older car I was. Could cut a flap but it could be messy. Do car manufactures do this so we need to take it to them for service? Renzo | |||||
| 2007 Lexus ES350 replaced Valve Cover Gasket, silicon dropped into chain cover area | 32Relevance | 4 years ago | jwstasi | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hi Scotty. I appreciate your military service, and the great service which you provide us all w/car mechanics. I just replaced a valve cover gasket on 07 Lexus ES350, for front head, and all seemed to go pretty well, except a piece of silicon which was part of the bead which was from the sealing of the timing chain cover, to the engine, fell into the chain cover area, and could not see it or remove it, so is likely in cover area, and/or oil pan. Should I be concerned, and do you think the oil filter will capture it? I thought of just draining the oil, but not sure if the silicon piece had dropped into pan, or if it could be trapped on chain, further down into the chain cover. Thanks in advance for your time, and appreciate all that you do for us, r/Jeff | |||||
| Missing screw for fusebox cover | 29Relevance | 1 year ago | Sapporo Boy | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| My household's 2004 Mazda B2300 is missing a screw or whatever that's related to the fuse box cover kick panel. I tried using a screw of the kind seen in this eBay listing, but it didn't work out. Um, is a screw actually supposed to go in the hole? For the record, the Mazda B2300 in question has an automatic transmission. Last I checked, it had either 90,199 miles or 90,999 miles on the odometer. I do admit that the fuse box kick cover kick panel is currently off, but I have a feeling that neither this panel nor this other panel is quite the right one for my household's B2300. Yes, the 2004 Mazda B2300 is essentially a Ford Ranger. To see relevant photos I took, check out this link: | |||||
| Answer to: Valve cover gasket replacement gone wrong | 29Relevance | 4 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| 1. cover the valvetrain with something like a towel to keep dirt and dust out, or just lay the cover back over it when you're not messing with it. 2. Put rags or plastic down to keep particulates out of the valvetrain. Spray degreaser onto a rag and wipe in directions away from the valvetrain. You might be able to more liberally apply degreaser with a towel blocking the valves, but I would still be cautious. If it's really grimy, use a toothbrush to scrub the dirt and grime away while wiping the area often. 3. The rubber gasket may be heat welded to the top of the engine. It's been there for 153,000 miles and 8 years worth of hot and cold cycles, or it was attached at the factory with an adhesive. Put the cover back on and very gently tap the sides with a rubber mallet. The wiggling cover should break it loose. Or use one of those plastic trim removers that are like mini crowbars to pry it up without risking damage to the top of the engine. Don't use anything metal, as steel will gouge the metal if it's an aluminum head. 4. Don't buy any sensor that is not the OEM part. You will likely have issues with the cheap sensor. 5. Is the oil all around the valve cover gasket or concentrated in one area? You could have run leak dye through the engine to zero in on the source if it's leaking. The cover may not have been leaking and the build-up was from years of people spilling oil everywhere. | |||||
| Answer to: 2013 BMW X5 37,000 miles burning smell | 26Relevance | 4 years ago | Kaizen | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| It’s almost ten years old. Valve cover is made of plastic. Gaskets start to eventually leak. I concur with @Doc, it may be oil leaking onto the exhaust manifold from the valve cover or valve cover gasket. You have to remove the Beauty cover to see it. | |||||
| Answer to: Stupid Beauty Covers | 25Relevance | 4 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Read with more care, people. The question is about heat. Not whether or not you like Beauty covers or find them useful. | |||||
| Answer to: Stupid Beauty Covers | 25Relevance | 4 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| A tiny, tiny bit. Which would actually help it get up to operating temperature quicker. But the engine is cooled by water, and the thermostat regulates the temperature of the engine so Beauty covers won't make it overheat. | |||||
| Stupid Beauty Covers | 25Relevance | 4 years ago | jamey021 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hey Scotty! Wouldn't those stupid obnoxious Beauty covers that you hate cause heat to stay trapped under the plastic? | |||||
| Answer to: Why does Scotty remove engine covers | 25Relevance | 3 years ago | Whatchamacallit | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Chill out. . On customer cars, Scotty puts them back on after he is done. Each person is entitled to their opinions about those Beauty covers. You can keep yours on, Scotty can keep his off on his own cars, and for myself I have a mix of cars with and without them. . On my performance cars, I like to look at the glorious V8 under the hood and was glad it didn’t come with a Beauty cover. On my truck, I just leave it in place. . To each their own. | |||||
| Cabin Air Filter cover slipped into filter housing | 25Relevance | 4 years ago | Anastasia2 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| 2007 Toyota Camry CE manual transmission. Changed cabin filter and while reinserting the thin black filter cover it slipped and entered the filter housing. I had simply pulled down the glove box, took off the black cover inserted the new filter and tried to reapply the cover. I can reach the tip but I can not pull it out. The bottom of the filter housing is covered and no way to get in. I have replaced the filter before without a problem. I have read about and seen this filter replaced and the thin black cover removed and replaced. The cover dropping into the filter housing never came up. Suggestions appreciated? | |||||
| 2001 Buick Regal – Removing my #@!%! heater core! (with pictures) | 26Relevance | 5 years ago | acarroll | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I need to replace the heater core in my 2001 Buick Regal. I’m stuck on getting the outer cover off. I’ve got all the screws out, but I’ve got an obstruction that is keeping me from getting it off. First, I didn’t start blind on this. I’ve got AllData and the Haynes manual, and neither of them have steps for what I’m dealing with. They both show this cover in gloriously unobstructed space just begging to come off. To make this simple I snapped some photos. First, here is the head on view of the cover Now I can’t remove this thing from the bottom because the cover has a lower duct that is slotted into another duct which services the rear of the car. There’s not enough play in it to get it out of that duct. I can tug the cover partly out from the top on the left, but on the right, the cover is blocked by some trim, but mostly a large bundle of wires that just aren’t budging enough out of the way: Please don’t tell me I have to take out my entire dash for this. If there’s a way to get just this lower dash piece out (passenger side), maybe I could push that wire bundle enough out of the way to get the cover free. But I can’t find any good directions (let alone videos) for removing just that lower piece. I don’t really want to start pulling away at the trim to start hearing all my clips crack and break (this car is 20 years old). If you’ve dealt with this issue in a similar GM vehicle, please let me know the secret for getting this thing out. | |||||
| Highly Pressurized Valve Cover on 2007 2.4 Toyota DVT-i? | 25Relevance | 2 years ago | 03Harleyguy | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Highly Pressurized Valve cover on 2007 2.4 Toyota DVT-i?Hi Scotty long time shade tree mechanic subscriber here. Thanks for all your helpful videos!My brother-in-law has a 2007 Toyota 2.4 DVT-i 16 valve motor made in Japan. It uses no oil or antifreeze and the car runs fine. He lives in Florida and I am trying to help him diagnose the issue from Kentucky.The motor was rebuilt by a Toyota dealer about 40,000 miles ago under warranty 6 or 7 years ago. The car had about 30,000 miles on it when it had a head gasket leak into the oil which wiped out the rotating assembly. My guess is that it’s the original head, new cams and valves. He recently noticed that when he removes the oil filler cap from the valve cover while the motor is running there is a lot of air pressure escaping from the inside of the valve cover. A LOT!I had him place his hand on the exhaust pipe to feel the pressure and rhythm of the exhaust. Then I had him compare that to the rhythm of the pressure coming from the valve cover oil filler opening. He said the pulses and frequency coming from the filler area felt the same.I’m concerned it’s exhaust valve seals or cracked cylinder head leak. That might somehow explain no oil or antifreeze usage.Is the highly pressurized valve cover a normal part of the EGR system on a Toyota or is this unusual?If unusual can you point us to the most likely cause of this issue?Thanks again from your long time subscriber, Bob in Kentucky! | |||||
| Answer to: Valve cover gasket replacement gone wrong | 25Relevance | 4 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| What do I do to protect my engine? I would just put the valve cover back over it. I'm afraid of getting grime and solvent in the engine ... What is the best way to clean it? Brake cleaner should work. Almost any solvent. Gasoline is good at dissolving crud too. Use as much solvent as it takes to clean it and don't worry. When you're done, then run the engine a little to warm it up a bit, and then you should change the oil. 3. Why is the gasket stuck on the engine? Every replacement I've seen it comes off with the cover. it's common to stick gaskets down in a few spots with grease or RTV so it doesn't move around when you're putting things back together. Then over time the heat bakes it on. 4. I ripped out the variable valve timing solenoid because it was stuck on the cover with grime. Is it okay to buy the $40 one instead of the $200 one? Not if you don't to be doing the job again soon. Buy once, cry once. Could it be, I'm not solving the oil problem by changing the gasket? Could be. You'll find out when you're done. If it's not then at least it'll be easier to track down with a niece clean valve cover. There is oil all over valve cover and caked with dirt, fur, and tiny feathers. Critters were making homes under the hood. it shakes my confidence at the moment. I find with cars, things rarely go without a hitch. Things are often not what they seem at first glance. But that's life. You just have to roll with the punches. When you finish you will get a feeling of satisfaction, and the next time you will have more confidence. It's part of the learning process. | |||||
| Answer to: Rocker cover gasket leaking-RAV4 2011 | 25Relevance | 5 years ago | cmd_car | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| The service was done by an independent mechanic. Anyway after reading the comments , I remove the "beauty cover" and saw no oils on the foam or on the cover. Then after I washed the engine bay using degreaser and water. All oil build up on the engine gone....:) I will keep on eye on the engine. I feel it is all dry no leaking or anything... Also the report say I need to replace the serpentine belt as well ( mechanic recommend replacing this every 100,000km). What you guys think? I feel like I need to start doing this kind of small repairs by myself. | |||||