So over the weekend i was replacing my spark plugs and fixing my valve cover leaks, and y'know i fucked up and broke a bolt on the back one (it still seals just fine! No leaks at all!) And then the front one I didn't break anything and it went on just as smoothly no binding up of the gasket or any of the sorts. For some reason the front is still leaking but not the back, i have taken it off and recentered it just in case as well as getting another replacement gasket just in case i messed up the first one or bad from the factory part. And still to no avail, still leaking just as it was before i took it apart, i am beyond confused and don't know where to go from here

 

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Just curious, which brand valve cover gasket did you install?

 

I'm using felpro because the oem gaskets weren't in stock around me so i heard felpro was the next best thing

 

https://www.oemacuraparts.com/ my man.....

 

I mean that's true, but felpro is supposed to be the next best thing as far as I've heard. I know the longevity isn't the same but my thing is the back one sealed just fine with no leaks and I've tried two different gaskets on the front and it still keeps leaking. There's just about no way for both sets i bought to be bad quality, they were even from two different stores. So I'm just wondering if maybe the cylinder head or the valve cover could be nicked or warped ever so slightly for it to leak but small enough it's hard to tell?

 

I had to replace my valve cover gaskets twice before realizing the leak was coming from the rubber grommets under the washers of the studs that hold the VC's down.
I bought all new studs (which come with the metal washers and rubber grommets) swapped them out, and finally no more leaks from the VC's.

You might as well swap the PCV valve out too, since that's cheap/easy enough, and also known to cause oil leaks that appear to be VC leaks.

 

I did actually replace those grommets as well. But as for the pcv valve goes i took it out and cleaned it as good as it could get so it would have good flow again (it wasn't super dirty as is) so I don't know if that is equal to replacing it or not? Just figured i would try that before actually replacing it because some people online recommended cleaning it up