I agree.

 

Yeah i dont think its a big deal, its the valve COVER

One of my buddies is like " youll be driving down the road and your cover will blow off because of extreme pressure..."

I dont know, ill see when it happens

I just cant wait to paint it gloss red

 

Where would I find those specs? Thanks for the help - sorry I hijacked your thread!

 

Well yeah, but if that goes its just pistons with oil flying everywhere. If that oil got contaminated with grit it would work its way all through the engine. Better safe than sorry if you ask me!

 

just take it out paint it get a new gasket some gasket sealer especially around the cam or cams if u have a dohc. and go ahead and get all the bolts nice and tight simple as that i did mine and i've had no problems , it doesnt need to be perfect so go ahead and do it and post pics lol

 

If the bolts come loose, the cover's not going to come "flying" off. It'll still be sitting there, mostly on top of the valvetrain. You can just check if the bolts are tight in a month or so. Bolts don't loosen that easily. If you're that worried about this happening, a torque wrench from harbor freight is 10-20 bucks, it's not that much.

 

Im not really worried about it, i know its not gonna go FLYING off hahahah its a civic lol. Now if i had a GT500 with 650HP then MAYBE ill consider[sm=smiley36.gif]

But it is true, Better safe than sorry

I dont know, ill see how it fits, when it take it off and on.

Ill post pics [sm=smiley14.gif]

Might be this week, dont know, i might go get the paint and gaskets tomorrow. Might see if Auto Zone has a torque wrench. If not oh well.

 

Oh and i heard that the specs are at the head of the bolt or something...?

I havent looked, because its pitch black outside right now

Ill find out tomrorrow

 

If you're going to get a torque wrench, make sure the range is correct. Based on the descriptions people gave, I'm guessing the bolt will need 8-10 ft-lbs of torque. That's going to be a small torque wrench, about the size of a hand screwdriver. There should be a range printed on the box or label, but this is just to give you the approximate size for which torque wrench you want.

 

See picture.