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Old 10-18-2006, 05:13 AM
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Default I changed my valve cover gasket and plugs last night
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/19986/dscn2096.jpg"></center><p>I've been noticing a little oil on the ground around where I parked so I figured it was time. I'm happy I did it because 3 out of the 4 spark plug areas where loaded with oil. Once I cleaned that out along with the valve cover everything else was pretty simple. Hopefully this was the cause of the leak. FYI, my car has 165K miles and I started with dino and switched to synthetic at about 90k. I also did one RX treatment.
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I need to get around and change my gasket.
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looks pretty clean...
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Default 2nd. More because I want to see what it looks like in there, but I have a tiny leak
cylinder 4 plug gets a little oily after a while
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That too.
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That looks really good, did you take any close up picks of the cam lobes?
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Default When was the last time you R&R'ed the PCV system??
I was getting oil in the plug holes and leaks on the turbo side of the valve cover gasket until I changed everything out, voila no leaks!!
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it's original!!! It's on my "to do" list
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Default No didn't get any closeup shots
Overall I was happy how everything looked. Having high miles and used dino for so long had me a little nervous of what I might find.
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