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It is a gasket (a seal) between the valve cover and the head that prevent the leakage of oil, and protects the valves from dirt.
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What does a valve gasket do?
Valve cover gasket? Prevents oil from leaking out of valve cover Valve seal? Prevents oil from entering the combustion chamber.
What is a car's valve cover basket and what does it do?
Assuming you mean "valve cover gasket", the gasket seals the valve cover to the head so as not to leak oil.
Oil pan silicon gasket replaced still leaking oil?
valve cover gasket
How to Changing valve cover gasket 2000 catera?
To replace the valve cover, you will need to break the gasket and the o-rings. The gasket prevents oil from leaking.
Is it the valve cover gasket or the head gasket that keep antifreeze out of the oil?
The head gasket seals the head to the engine block. Coolant and oil flow through the head. The gasket prevents then from mixing together. The valve cover gasket only prevents oil from splashing onto the engine and exposing the valve train and moving parts to the outside of the engine. No coolant makes contact with the valve cover gasket.
Why would there be oil on the outside and on the electrodes of the spark plugs to a 1995 Honda passport?
Leaking valve cover gasket.Leaking valve cover gasket.
Where is the Leaking valve cover gasket?
im guessing someone has told you that you have a 'leaking valve cover gasket'. the valve cover is normally on the top of the engine,above the pistons, sometimes its where you put the oil into. The gasket is where the cover joins with the block.
How do you fix a oil leak in the spark plugs on my 97 Mercury Mystigue four cylinder?
Spark plugs do not leak oil. What you have is a valve cover gasket leak. This allows oil to run down on the plugs. Try slightly tightening the valve cover bolts. It that does no help, replace the gasket.Spark plugs do not leak oil. What you have is a valve cover gasket leak. This allows oil to run down on the plugs. Try slightly tightening the valve cover bolts. It that does no help, replace the gasket.
Why would oil be coming out of the block area where you add oil and the spark plugs are on a 1997 Chrysler Sebring?
Possible failed valve cover gasket.Possible failed valve cover gasket.
Oil coming out my valve cover?
Just need a new valve cover gasket. it's an easy fix.
How often should you replace a valve cover gasket?
I have a 2007 ford escape, replaced a valve cover gasket in August 2012, noticed that i have a small oil leak around the gasket.
Are valve cover gasket and head gasket the same?
NO. The valve cover gasket seals the valve cover from leaks. The valve cover covers the valve train and it's components and it bolted to the top of the head. These components sit atop the head. The head is bolted directly to the engine block with another gasket. Water and oil flow through the head.
