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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 08:49 PM
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Valve cover gasket leak...?
Hi y'all! Hoping someone can tell me if this is more than likely the result of a valve cover gasket leak. I've cleaned it up a bit but before it was pretty soaked in oil/dust... Just wanna make sure before I go and order parts to fix her up Thanks for any/all help!
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clean it off really good and see if it comes back.
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Looks like youre right, but you should have posted it dirty for us to really see.
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illest,FlatlineEF9- The facing that u see that has the serial numbers 'R1190161406' was completely covered in oily dirt. It smelled like burnt motor oil. Cleaned it off to see what was the prob then began searching the forums haha! Shoulda took a pic of her dirty lol... Thanks for the replies!
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Replace valve cover gaskets, and do spark plugs while you're in that area
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Vander- good idea! Thank you for the input . Still trying to determine the cause/causes...
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Vander is right..valve cover gasket would be the cheapest start
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