john99gtp Posted March 20, 2005 Report Posted March 20, 2005 Im planning on doing my valve cover gaskets later today, and would like to know if there is a certain torque I torque the bolts down to. Anyone with a service manual, can you please look that up for me thanks John[/i] Quote
john99gtp Posted March 20, 2005 Author Report Posted March 20, 2005 hehe i didnt end up doing them. i dont know how to take the coil pack bracket off. I cant take them straight off without taking that off, so if anyone know how to take that bracket off, lemme know John Quote
GTPrix Posted March 20, 2005 Report Posted March 20, 2005 I need to do this as well. Both the front and rear gaskets are leaking :oops: The front looks pretty straight forward, however the rear might pose some difficulty. John - You might want to search for a writeup on how to install rockers, becuase I found a decent writeup that will help with the valve covers (which must be taken off to do the rockers). If I can find the link i'll post it. Drew Quote
john99gtp Posted March 20, 2005 Author Report Posted March 20, 2005 that would be cool im being told i was close with the nuts, but the bolts themselves have to be taken off. Theres so much sludge on my engine. damn gaskets! Quote
Dannymik Posted March 20, 2005 Report Posted March 20, 2005 Have you looked on clubgp for the rockers upgrade? I could of swore there was a very good writeup on them. Quote
no1kicker Posted March 20, 2005 Report Posted March 20, 2005 Well John at least on my car, there's 3 bolts that hold the coils in place. Check this list, maybe there's something that helps. http://tacgp.clubgp.com/custom_mods/index.html Quote
Brian P Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 The torque for valve covers is pretty low. They are aluminum on your engine right? It's somewhere in the neighborhood of 89 in.lbs but I just round up to 10 ft.lbs (120 in.lbs) Quote
cutlsp Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 i think they are plastic just tighten them until oil doesn't leak out of them Quote
Canada Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 The offical torque spec for 3.8L valve cover bolts is 89 lb in. Quote
GTPrix Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 This should be about the same for the l67: http://www.clubgp.com/cgi-asp/mods.asp?modid=34 Quote
john99gtp Posted March 21, 2005 Author Report Posted March 21, 2005 This should be about the same for the l67: http://www.clubgp.com/cgi-asp/mods.asp?modid=34 ya i was looking at that, but i dont know where the third bolt is... i think it might be part of the tensioner on the SC belt or something. it doesnt make itself obvious. also, its an inverted torx, so im gonna have to pick something up Quote
5speedz34 Posted March 22, 2005 Report Posted March 22, 2005 When you mean inverted Torx you mean like a star bolt? You can usually use a regular socket on those. Quote
john99gtp Posted March 22, 2005 Author Report Posted March 22, 2005 yea, its really small though, i doubt i have a socket that small. Quote
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