Civic EG

I have a 1995 Coupe with a D15B7 and I have now replace my valve cover 3 times and still getting oil in the spark plug wells numbers 1 & 2 more in 1 and i have used ultrablack and still get the same result any suggestions???????

Did you replace the 4 donut gaskets when you replaced the valve cover gasket?

they can be a real bitch to do correctly. the slightest little mistake and they will leak

indeed, I had to chisel mine out carefully with a mallet and screwdriver with cloth on end...putting em in was a lot easier..but still a pain

i have replaced the doughnut gaskets, i just dont see how if even my master tech assisted me it still be put on wrong

did you give them a light coat of oil before you reinstalled the cam cover?

some people will disagree with this but i see it the same as an oil filter. a real light coat of oil over the seal/gasket does the trick

i did indeed apply a light coat of oil, is it possible the valve cover itself is bad

it is posible that it is warped real bad

are you tightening them to the right in/lb? and in the correct sequence?

you know I bent my first one up really bad...had weird idle but no oil in the plugs...that's very strange...

TrailerTrash wrote:did you give them a light coat of oil before you reinstalled the cam cover?

some people will disagree with this but i see it the same as an oil filter. a real light coat of oil over the seal/gasket does the trick

I don't oil static seals. The only reason you put oil on a filter is you have to spin it on so you need some type of lubrication when you twist that seal on tight.

there are four seals under the rocker assembly
you could put a thousand new donut gaskets and valve cover gaskets and it would never fix the issue
heres a pretty good rebuild link on d-series it shows the gaskets im talking about underneath the rocker assembly
http://www.d-series.org/forums/diy-forum/121481-diy-kitchen-counter-top-head-rebuild.html
hope this helps and isn't too confusing

HeikDiesel wrote:

TrailerTrash wrote:did you give them a light coat of oil before you reinstalled the cam cover?

some people will disagree with this but i see it the same as an oil filter. a real light coat of oil over the seal/gasket does the trick

I don't oil static seals. The only reason you put oil on a filter is you have to spin it on so you need some type of lubrication when you twist that seal on tight.

ive never had a seal leak after putting oil on it.

not trying to argue im just saying. thats why i said some will disagree

TrailerTrash wrote:

HeikDiesel wrote:

TrailerTrash wrote:did you give them a light coat of oil before you reinstalled the cam cover?

some people will disagree with this but i see it the same as an oil filter. a real light coat of oil over the seal/gasket does the trick

I don't oil static seals. The only reason you put oil on a filter is you have to spin it on so you need some type of lubrication when you twist that seal on tight.

ive never had a seal leak after putting oil on it.

not trying to argue im just saying. thats why i said some will disagree

I always welcome new ways to do things. Only downfall I can see in it is if you worked for a shop and did that for a customer car some might weep a little giving off the appearance of a leak.

that is true. good thing i only use my subpar skills on my own heaps of shit