GroundedCustom

97 2.2l sohc vtec...5speed.. my car was running rough,like the power was cuttin out.. so i started checking the cap and rotor,distributor,,all good. i pulled th eplugs and one cylinder had oil on the plug. now i just recently within th elast year did the timing belt,which i replaced th evalve cover gasket.. I am wondering if its the seals underneath the cams...??? there two sets of seals or gaskets from what i understand. can u help out to distiguish wheatehr its the valve gasket or its the gadket under the cams..??

AznX TL

its probably the valve cover gasket. most like the spark plug gasket.

xdaex

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or the spark plug tube seals as well

GroundedCustom

but have u ever heard of the under cams gasket going. i know theres two sets of gaskets... so the spark plug gaskets are a simple fix or wat????

Tehvine

Yeah plug gaskets are easy. Just pick up the full valve cover gasket kit and it should come with them as well. Just unbolt the cover, take out the old crap, RTV up the new stuff.. stick em on and put it all back together. Take about an hour if you are meticulous. 15 - 20 if you are fast

xdaex

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yeah just buy the valve cover gasket set it comes with everything you need

GroundedCustom

Price....????????????

tron

price depends on where you get it. look around

SupraManAG

easy fix. hey some rtv silicone. remove you valve cover. put a small dab on rtv around your sealing rings and close it up. ull be good as new

Tehvine

20 bucks at advance auto parts for the whole kit (Grommets, spark plug gaskets, and valve cover gasket) their part number is VS50493R

SwervinCL

I just discovered this problem as well. I wondered why I was burning so much oil so fast and smoking while in the process. This weekend I changed my plugs and wires and noticed some oil on my plugs.

I hope to god its not my rings.. So I will pick up this gasket set this week and throw it in this weekend.

Tehvine

You'll know your oil leak in the plugs is really bad when you hit redline and a plug wire jumps out of the motor. Had that happen to me once on the accord.. thought I blew a cylinder.

SwervinCL

I have a question on this... On the outside of the gasket box it says not to use any chemical sealers. Like RTV..... I noticed when I took off the old gasket that there was no trace of old sealant... Do I or do I not put RTV on the seals???


I did all this and it is still smoking. Its a white/grey smoke.. Will the smoking immediatly go away after the gasket install or is it "an over time" thing? Like it has to burn what is in there first?