valve cover gaskets

[CoupedUpSubie]

I am redoing my valve cover gaskets this weekend. If anyone has any tips as to tools and such advice would be great. I am also going to attempt a write up on this. Saturday is a work on cars day. Drum brakes on Stein's OBS then my car.

 

[Stein]

<3

Also if your connection was broken for this, Dan or somebody said use brake cleaner, but be prepared to go through a lot of it.

 

[Chris]

The best tool to have is a 10mm ratcheting box end wrench. It will make your life a lot better getting at those bolts.

You have the easiest (and cheapest) EJ to do valve cover gaskets on...

 

[CoupedUpSubie]

Well I got bored and decided to do the job today. Internals are spotless.

 

[Stein]

Cool. I wish it was easier on the phase 2 EJ22s.

 

[Chris]

Cool. I wish it was easier on the phase 2 EJ22s.

It's not really that much harder, just more expensive because it's double the grommets and you need the plug tube seals. And for some reason all that stuff isn't cheap.

 

[CoupedUpSubie]

The job is done. I just have to upload photos. The gasket set with grommets cost me $35. I went through a can of degreaser to clean the covers and a can of brake cleaner cleaning any little bit of grime that got in the valvetrain.