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Posted by: Dr Evil May 26 2006, 01:50 PM

So my valve cover seal on the lower drivers side was leaking....very slowly. I ordered the new style silicone covered seals and am waiting. So, I didn't go out to the garage all day yesterday untill like 7pm.........Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!

My floor was completely covered in oil from under the car to the garage door in a bout a 3 foot wide creek. The garage door was all that sort of stopped it, sort of.

I hate oil cooled..........my friend went to get me kitty litter while I soaked up the excess.

Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 26 2006, 03:46 PM

QUOTE(Dr Evil @ May 26 2006, 12:50 PM)

So my valve cover seal on the lower drivers side was leaking....very slowly. I ordered the new style silicone covered seals and am waiting. So, I didn't go out to the garage all day yesterday untill like 7pm.........Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!

My floor was completely covered in oil from under the car to the garage door in a bout a 3 foot wide creek. The garage door was all that sort of stopped it, sort of.

I hate oil cooled..........my friend went to get me kitty litter while I soaked up the excess.

Posted by: Leo Imperial May 26 2006, 04:02 PM

DAM*(&%^&*^$%&$&$&IT!!!!!!!!

You set up the containment boom and I'll go call the Coast Guard.

Posted by: TonyAKAVW May 26 2006, 04:04 PM

Sounds like its time for a Subaru conversion for you

-Tony

Posted by: sixerdon May 26 2006, 04:09 PM

You need to check the surface of your valve covers when you take them back off and check them on a level surface and make sure they aren't warped.
Man, with all that oel and petrol in your garage, I hope you've got a fire extinguisher handy and have your car insured in case it goes "POOF"!

Good luck,
Don

Posted by: Aaron Cox May 26 2006, 04:54 PM

i saw this on a movie....

"if YOU build it......... it will leak"


LOL

Posted by: Mark Henry May 26 2006, 05:29 PM

Should have done a big T4.....

(ducking for cover)

Posted by: mikez May 26 2006, 05:55 PM

Mine were warped....used 400 grit sand paper on a glass brick.....took a bit but it's flatter than the plains of Kansas.....

Posted by: Aaron Cox May 26 2006, 05:56 PM

QUOTE(mikez @ May 26 2006, 04:55 PM)

Posted by: mikez May 26 2006, 05:56 PM

......yer first girlfriend....

Posted by: So.Cal.914 May 26 2006, 05:59 PM

Exxon Valdese has nothing over you. Warped?

Posted by: Headrage May 26 2006, 06:08 PM

QUOTE(Aaron Cox @ May 26 2006, 03:54 PM)

Posted by: Aaron Cox May 26 2006, 06:10 PM

QUOTE(mikez @ May 26 2006, 04:56 PM)

Posted by: JPB May 26 2006, 06:14 PM

Holly crap, oil is also radio active once run throught your engine for a while. Do not have sex on your shop floor! I can sell ya a lead cladded pair of gotchies if ya want unless you have no offspring in your futur.

Just post a tetrogenic environment sign in front of your garage.

Posted by: iamchappy May 26 2006, 06:21 PM

The silicone gaskets work great, dont torque them down they need very little.

Posted by: fitsbain May 26 2006, 06:51 PM

Elliot -

Evil spent all his money on the six so he doesn't have a camera. Maybe once he gets that Dr. license he can get one and post pictures. But I'll get everyone pics when he shows up at my place.


Dr E. -

Just givin you a hard time

Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 26 2006, 08:32 PM

After he buys malpractice insurance he STILL won't be able to afford one. LOL
Elliot

Posted by: Gint May 26 2006, 08:59 PM

Posted by: Dr Evil May 26 2006, 11:50 PM

Alright, alright. The pics wont be much more interesting as they will be of a sea of kitty litter on my garage floor (which the land lord touted as "very clean" before I moved in).

Posted by: wilchek May 27 2006, 09:02 AM

Are you sure that you put in a porshce engine and not a jaguar. "fill the oil and check the gas" I was wrong about WWII weekend at Reading it is next weekend (2,3,4). If you and the misses are interested, get the car running and bring it down. I see the end in near and least it is not a mystery as to what problems you have to fix.

Posted by: kwales May 27 2006, 09:14 AM

Very clean floor......

There is only one solution, you must completely coat the floor with oil and then clean it up. That way, it looks uniform, ie no oil spot jumping out to the eye.....

Ken

Posted by: smooth_eddy May 27 2006, 09:22 AM

Posted by: Dr Evil May 27 2006, 09:41 AM

Do a quick search on GPR's web site and you will see these.....you might not have noticed that they are for my /6, not a /4. I have not seen these for /4.

Posted by: Sammy May 27 2006, 11:06 AM

When you take a lower valve cover off a 6, the oil will slowly drain from the tank through the pump and into the engine, that's why it kept leaking long enough to make the mess. BTDT. The hot setup is to pull one side at a time and jack that side of the car up high enough that it won't even drip.
BTW, I love the red silicone gaskets.
Make sure the cam tower is clean of old gasket material, don't worry about warped whatever, doan matter. These gaskets will conform no matter how warped the covers are. Make sure the gaskets are clean and dry (no sealant or anything) and only tighten them a little bit, less that 4 ft. lbs. Over-tightening will make them squish out and leak.
They will seal over and over, best money I spent on the 9-eleben (besides the turbocharger).

Posted by: JPB May 27 2006, 12:50 PM

QUOTE(Sammy @ May 27 2006, 01:06 PM)

Posted by: Dr Evil May 27 2006, 02:24 PM

Actually, I didn't remove the valve cover for just that reason. I worked in the garage for like 4 hours and it only pissed about a 1/2 dollar size puddle. I figured no prob....the next day I was shown to be wrong.

I didnt know the gaskets were reusable so I ordered 6....so I will be selling a set or two soon.

Posted by: Dr Evil May 27 2006, 08:30 PM

The pics are after I started the clean up already so they are not as bad as it was, but you asked for them so here you are.



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