Yeah I was taking a look at that earlier and I'm pretty sure it's the rear valve cover just leaking down but the shop used the cheapest gaskets they could find so somehow it does not surprise me.
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09-29-2015
Yeah I was taking a look at that earlier and I'm pretty sure it's the rear valve cover just leaking down but the shop used the cheapest gaskets they could find so somehow it does not surprise me.
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09-29-2015
thats what you get for having someone else do the job that you an easily do
Originally Posted by Bio248
Originally Posted by Kilroy
09-29-2015
Yeah that's what I get for being lazy I guess, I'll probably just take a loss and change them myself soon, but for right now I should probably try to get it running before this weekend because I'll be busy installing an HV3 on my 02 and won't have time to mess with this one.
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09-29-2015
Front gasket isn't too hard. It's getting the dog bone mount off that's the trickiest part. The rear cover is a bit more involved. You need to remove the alternator and the tensioner assembly. And some brackets that run over the cover. You don't have to completely remove the TA, just wiggle it off enough so the valve cover can slip out. Use Fel-Pro gaskets. I didn't change my grommets, but if yours are bad, replace them. Torque for the VC bolts is 89in lb.
09-29-2015
Oh, and when you pull the tensioner assemy, good time to upgrade to aluminum coolant elbows if not already done.
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09-29-2015
theres no need to take the alt bracket off to do a rear valve cover. loosen the 3 bolts, and thats it.
09-30-2015
You can sneak the valve cover past w/o needing to fully pull the alt bracket as Scott says.
Also.. big thing here.. were the grommets on the valve cover bolts replaced at the same time? If not.. your issue isn't the gasket, it's the grommet....which is all that puts pressure on the gasket to seal it.
09-30-2015
I'm not sure I mean I wouldn't think so seeing as how these guys beat the oil filter cover off my dad's corolla with a sledge hammer because they didn't know to undo the little clip :|
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09-30-2015
You didn't mention that you bring your car to the worst hack wanna be wrench turners on the planet.
And we didn't mention that all the parts could have been had for right around $100, then half or so day of your time would have saved you $500 bucks.
We'd rather be your friend and tell you the most common mistakes people make when working on these cars.
09-30-2015
My dad's car has not been back there and I have no choice in where my grandma, who owns the 99 this post is about, takes her cars. But I do all the work to my 2002 myself mostly using this forum. Ya'll literally have an answer for anything grand prix
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09-30-2015
Actually.. it's more 3800 based overall.
I started out on Bonnevilles.
09-30-2015
Yeah I thought about that after I typed that. I would probably drive anything long as it was 3800 powered.
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09-30-2015
If he doesn't already have aluminum elbows, might as well pull the whole thing out.
09-30-2015
It's got aluminum elbows already on it
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09-30-2015
Then just loosen the tensioner assembly. If all goes according to plan, you should be able to just slide the cover out.
09-30-2015
once again,,,why fix whats not broken? i ran plastic 2 times, it only leaked once and it was the cast elbow that leaked on my 98, ( why i changed em in the first place)
i did install a metal one, but only to be in the cool kid club cause it got a engine swap. 2 inches of chrome, wooo hooooooo! lol
09-30-2015
You haven't read my thoughts on the long term effects of aluminum elbows yet.Off you go.. go find it.. get up to speed.
09-30-2015
I had mine changed so it didn't have to be done again. My LIM gasket wasn't leaking coolant, I replaced it for preventative maintenance and to learn how to work on my car.
09-30-2015
see most of the time its just the O rings that leak. once in a blue moon they blow one apart.
metal one has what sealing it? yup a O ring, what does a stock cast elbow on a 97-98 use to seal it, yup a O ring. o rings leak end of story.
why you dont fix it till its broken.
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