leave them for now and do the valve covers first, that's likely to clear up all the leaking. i've seen some have oil drops on them, but they are very, very slowly seeping, to call them "leaking" is overkill. The timing chain cover has sealant, not a "gasket" in the traditional sense, and generally lasts the life of the car. replacing timing chain sealant seems way overkill and highly unlikely. the statistical difference between valve cover gaskets leaking and timing chain sealant leaking can not be exaggerated. i would start there, then assess where you're at later. valve cover gaskets leak *all the time*, very common. Replace the valve cover gaskets first and see if that cures the leaks. Any recommendations for good spark plugs? Edited Novemby mountainwalker I figured as long as we're in there, we'll have easy access to the spark plugs and since the car is at 118,500 miles, just 1500 miles shy of the 120K inspection when sparks should be changed, might not be a bad time to change them. Counted not more than 5 drops hitting the floor of the garage in a 24 hour period, but no doubt you can't leave a repair like this hanging or you're asking for trouble so I plan to do it this week. The tech must have tightened up the gasket, because the leak has been very slow. Does this sound right? Any general recommendations for this repair? And they are usually the best guys in both quality and price not just in town but over a dozen nearby towns. Brought the car into our very good independent garage and they found (and I also saw) an oil leak, which they said was coming from the Valve Cover Gasket and the Front Timing Cover Gasket.Īlldata Repair S3000 lists the Valve Cover Gasket as 2.7 hours labor for one bank, 3.5 hours to replace both banks, with parts coming in at $29.95 for the Right, and $29.95 for the left, and $9.95 for the inner.Īlldata Repair S3000 lists the Timing Cover Gasket Replace Outer Cover as 2.7 hours labor and $375.30 total. Recently I noticed a burning oil smell when parking our 2003 VDC 3.0L H6 after a drive, despite not seeing evidence on the floor of my garage of any serious leak.
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