Thread: valve cover gasket

Depending on which motor you have, this would change slightly.

The basics are move the few things in the way, clean surfaces, put new gasket and grommets in, then torque to 89inch lbs and put stoff back in the way.

1. Disconnect negative battery terminal
1a. Remove passenger side dog bone 15mm from rad support to engine bracket.
2. Unhook 7mm icm connector.
2a. Disconnect all plug wires at coil packs
3. Remove both belts
4. Remove 13/15mm nut holding ground to ICM stud (above and right of the water pump)
5. Remove ribbed idler pulley (15mm)
6. Remove SC tensioner (13mm nut in middle of tensioner pivot), and set assembly aside.
7. Loosen 15mm nut on front ICM stud
8. Remove 13mm/15mm nut holding ground wire to stud. Then 15mm to remove stud
9. Using E torx bit, loosen and remove the two studs from the head while supporting coil pack bracket.
10. Valve cover is now fully accessable. Change gasket/grommets and clean surfaces.
11. Reassemble.

Rear:
1. Remove alternator 13mm/15mm and SC to alt support bracket with Evap etc.
2. Loosen all bolts 13mm/15mmon the alternator bracket. (Key is you are going to wiggle this instead of draining coolant)
3. Remove map bracket and EGR shield 10mm
4. Wiggle alt bracket to clear the valve cover and do the gasket.

if i remember right you will need the two plastic elbows in the belt tensioner replaced because they will break for sure when taking the tensioner off. its the big bracket that has two small coolant hoses going into right by the alternator. you have to take that off to get to the bolts on that side of the valve cover and to be able to pull the cover off. they will have to be scraped clean and you will need a pick tool to get all the plastic out. clean up the metal where the elbows go in really well and probably use some kind of gasket sealant or something when putting those elbows back in. they are like 2 bucks at oreillys. pain. i dread those things every time i have to deal with them. if you have coolant leak after you are done, it is those two elbows. you can see one on the top. its a 90 plastic elbow, maybe 1/2 in diameter. the other is underneath and you can feel it. you can see it a little if you take the coolant box off.

p.s. don't try finding it while the car is running.

Elbows are super easy, no sealant needed. But if you wiggle a bit, you won't replace them or the coolant.

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

Elbows are super easy, no sealant needed. But if you wiggle a bit, you won't replace them or the coolant.

you are lucky man i guess. they sure break every time i deal with them. and leak. i didn't use any sealant so i am going to from now on.

Pics of what? I have a billion pics of trillions of things.

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Shifting: I do way too many to be lucky.

bill,
when buying valve cover gaskets, do they typically come with the gromits?

If they're the Felpro ones they typically do

Depends on if you get the part number with them or without them.

VS50465R.........Valve Covers (L67) w/grommets................$40.79
VS50080R.........Valve Covers (L36) w/o grommets...............$9.38
ES72833...........Valve Cover grommets..............................$7.26

I've seen a part number for L67 without, but ...why bother listing.

http://www.grandprixforums.net/commo...ets-39796.html

First thing I'd do is call your dealer and see if its already been serviced for this, GM put out a recall on the VC gaskets and the dealer has to replace them for free if it already hasn't been done

Originally Posted by asite57

First thing I'd do is call your dealer and see if its already been serviced for this, GM put out a recall on the VC gaskets and the dealer has to replace them for free if it already hasn't been done

Not gasket"s", the recall is for the front VC gasket only, on the supercharged engines.

http://www.cpaclubgp.com/misc/lim-gasket.html

Also check out this video.

They're doing far more than valve cover gaskets, but this should really help you.

The essentials of what they do is maybe a front VC with or without grommets. Remove the heat shield from the exhaust, remove the wire holder (above the damn gasket..lol) and put clips on the wire.

Personally, I'd replace the gasket myself. Remove the heat shield and be done.

Kawa.. you want pictures of it.. go search my photobucket,

I just assumed we were talking about an L67