valve cover
 

:( I just changed my valve cover gaskets cause I had oil in my spark plugs. but when I tightend the 4 bolts of the valve cover I broke one. does anyone know if that can be replaced. I have a 91 4 door lx. Its the one on the driver side closest to the front of the car.

RE: valve cover
 

sure they can be replaced, they're held in there by RUBBER seals...just pull on it with a wisegrip

RE: valve cover
 

whe n you pull off the valve cover the threaded bolts that stick up and go thru the cover to tighten the cover down. the threaded part is what broke. It looked like it was part of the engine.

RE: valve cover
 

picture?

RE: valve cover
 

Oh dear, that dont sound good. Well, you can alwyas mix a little JB weld and stick it in there but you wond really be able to get that sucker open again :D

RE: valve cover
 

That's why they say to use a torque wrench. You'll have to take your valve cover off again and try putting a big "vise-grip" pliar on the broken stud as tight as possible and see if you can unscrew it.

RE: valve cover
 

Man, some people use torque wrenches for everything...

But yeah, you'll be able to unscrew the stud with a good set of vice grips and some patience.

RE: valve cover
 

If that was directed towards me, I figure the reason he broke the stud was that he was probably over tightening the thing. I mentioned torque wrench because it can be a handy tool for a novice and prevent over tightening.

RE: valve cover
 

I know... I'm just givin' you a hard time.

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hehehe........8,653,497 others on here are giving me a hard time and now you start..........lol

RE: valve cover
 

I actually did this exact thing. All I did was put liquid gasket around the hole where the bolt should be, and tightened the other bolts down. It didnt leak so I was happy.

As a side note, make sure that the metal piece you broke off isnt floating around in the engine! I had to drop my oil pan to get it back.

RE: valve cover
 

Hi its me the one who started this session but I want to write in to say how I fixxed it. It was so easy I couldnt believe it with an 11mm long socket I unscrewed the valve cover bolt and just went and bought another one. just replaced it it took all of 1/2 hour.

and to think I was freakin out I thought I was so screwed. but thanx for all the input I love this site:D

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nice, glad it worked out for you.

RE: valve cover
 

some people should;)