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2004 valve cover gasket set reuse?


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The (~15+- count) sparkplug and coverbolt grommets are more important. Flat is flat.

 

Not sure what you mean by "flat is flat"? none of the gaskets are flat. They are all molded rubber.

 

 

It's only 5 grommets per cover, 10 total.

 

Spark plug tubes seals will seep oil into the wells, but not much...

 

Cover leaks are ussually from the lower edge/corners, and from the lower grommets.

 

I'd replace the Gasket and Grommets. Spark plug tube seals could be reused. I know sometimes the kits come with them, sometimes not.

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Job done. No tick tick anymore. Just smooth EJ251. I only readjusted the right side where the tick was coming from (cyl 1 and 3). That makes the anomalies in the left side more apparent. The left side still sounds good. It's just louder than the right.

 

Now I have half of a valve cover kit to figure out what to do with... ideas?

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