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02-02-2008
I am trying to replace the valve cover gasket on my 1998 GTP...The problem is with the bracket the holds the belt tensioner, coil and wires in place...I need some insight in removing this bracket so that I can remove the valve cover. Any insight would help.
02-02-2008
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
02-02-2008
There is a nut inside the tensioner?...It looked like a torx head...So there is only one nut holding the tensioner?...It was hard to see...One more thing...Do I need to back off the Supporting yolk brackets (two of them in the front of the rad) to get the valve cover off?
02-02-2008
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.
02-02-2008
Alright...I am going to give it a shot...I hate oil leaking on my block.
02-02-2008
So it's only the front one? That once isn't too bad compared to the rear vc.Originally Posted by Burgundyman
02-02-2008
^^^^he's right!
02-02-2008
or if you cant get it drain the coolant a bit form the radiaor so the coolant level is lower...and just pull that bracket...
just remember to top it off when everything is back together...
02-02-2008
Draining the rad takes the pressure off the dog bones?...I am lost on this one...
02-02-2008
he's referring to the alternator bracket and that cooling elbow. The alternator bracket is also a cooling passage way. If you don't break the elbow you won't see any coolant.
02-02-2008
Got it....Well, this is certainly going to be a fun project...
02-02-2008
take your time!!!!!! you can do it!!!
02-02-2008
^^^ X2
02-02-2008
I'm not the biggest DIY guy but I wish I had more confidence and knowledge.
My question is:
Where should you have the transmission with either of the tilt engine techniques?
02-02-2008
According to the makers of the engine tilter (Lisle) neutral. But if doing it by the other method, it can't be in neutral.
01-14-2009
This forum saved me... I also have a leaky rear valve cover gasket in my 2000 grand prix... and I couldn't get the cover off and couldn't figure out how to get alternator brace off... Your advise to loosen and lift worked wonderfully!!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for your input!!!
02-02-2008
I have seen those tilter tools before, I wish I had grabbed it when I seen cause I cannot find them around here. But I have never put my car in neutral to rock the motor forward. I just pull on the blower snout and lock it in place with the dogbone.
That said, I dont thing that way would pull it forward enough to give sufficient access or easy access to the rear valve cover. I could be wrong. When I replaced my VC gaskets I was doing a LIM gasket change also so it was kinda a mute issue.
02-02-2008
when you have the engine rocked forawrd, there should be plenty of room...as there is about 4-5inchs away from the firewall....
02-02-2008
when i changed the plugs in my regal, i didnt get that much play out of tilting the engine forward...
here's my solution, not using a tilting tool (assuming inside a garage, hopefully with wall/immoveable object close by)
-- remove dog bones.
use ratchet strap from wall to engine lift bracket... ratchet snug, will pull engine forward -- dont pull too much, dont want to break anything (if you havent removed the air filter box yet, do that first)
02-02-2008
Im going to have to go tomorrow and find me some small ratchet straps and try that out, that sounds like a perfect solution.
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