Well i took the whip out tonight for a little 20 mile spin, into town then back. I noticed that I am dripping like one drop of oil every two feet when I go like parking lot speed. I opened the hood up knowing there would be a leak, and my tranny is pretty well covered in oil. It seems like its coming out of the valve cover. I already know my oil pan leaks a bit, but thats getting fixed on a different day.

My valve cover gasket is pretty well shot, if I replace it, will the valve cover leak stop?

Also, how tight do those bolts have to be?

 

yes if you get a new gasket it will fix the problem.They dont need all that much pressure or they will break off. just make them snug.

 

like Onyx said "just make them snug".Those thing strip verry easy.I know for a fact

 

Sounds good. A mechanic friend just stopped in and that seems to be the diagnosis. Sounds like a trip to Advanced Auto tomorrow...

 

In the book it says to tighten to 10 lbs. I looked.

 

I had oil on my tranny too, and it was the distributor o-ring, do both since it's only like a buck or so, and it should stop for sure...

good luck

Jung

 

Well now I'm fucked totally.. I had my valve cover off with the same old ---- gasket (new one isnt in til tomorrow) and as I'm tightening it, I didn't even realize it but i tightented it too much and SNAP! ------- valve bolt is stuck in the hole.. Im fucked.. what the hell do I do now?

Help please!

 

your screwed. you can try to tap it out or try and put the cover on w/o that bolt, just leave the rest of hte bolt in the hole so no oil gets out. I know someone running without the 2 bolts on the intake side of the cover and its fine so far (hes been running it that way for about 5 months)

 

Im such a dumbass.

Hopefully with the new gasket it won't be too bad, but god damn im a retard. damnit...

 

if you decide to replace the dizzy o-ring make sure you remember how the thing that goes into the cam was pointed, you can put it on 180 degrees in the wrong direction.