Thread: Valve cover gasket replacement

13mm deep socket should do it.

There are 2 studs below the coilpacks. The tensioner is on one that comes off easily enough, there's a nut in there take it off, it'll slide out. and then there are a few more nuts and a ground there. MAKE SURE TO PUT THE GROUND BACK !!!! or your car won't start ! Pretty straight foreward

Unless things have changed there shouldn't be any torx heads. I don't remember the size 12, 13 or 14mm socket should slide right over what looks like a torx head.

Originally Posted by Burgundyman

Alright...I am going to give it a shot...I hate oil leaking on my block.

So it's only the front one? That once isn't too bad compared to the rear vc.

Originally Posted by Burgundyman

That was going to be my second question...How difficult is it to do replace the rear.

There is a lot more to the rear one. I'm not sure the year, but on one of the GP's you don't have to remove or pull the alternator bracket out of the way. You'll have to look to see if your alternator bracket sits close and over top of the valve cover.
Other than the alternator bracket, there is just a lot more stuff to work around and it's location makes it more difficult too. Tilting the engine forward helps a lot when working on the firewall side of things.