should not be more than an hours labour (usually around £30 mark) you could do it yourself if you got a set of spanners/sockets as rocker gaskets are an easy diy job, undo the retaining bolts ontop of the rockercover, remove any pipes attached (remember where they go if more than 1, could use tipex to mark) when there is nothing obscuring it from being removed give it a tap with a hammer and replace the gasket, do not over tighten the gasket bolts, check tightness before removing to give you an idea of torque
I just got an estimate today for my 2000 Toyota V6 Solara. They said $600 to change the valve cover gaskets due to the fact that it was difficult to get to and labor intensive, about 6 hours worth.
First remove spark plug wires from the top of the valve cover. then remove bolts or nuts around the edge of valve cover. once removed. take off cover and replace o-rings and gasket. gasket is located around edge of cover and o-rings are o shaped rubber gaskets on the cover around the holes where the wires normally go through. be sure to replace cover the same way you remove it. estimated cost would be $35 for just gasket and 0-rings it is recommended to also replace wires and spark plugs when doing this.that cost would be 60-$90 depending on make of vehicle.
make sure the leak is not coming from above the starter, like from the valve cover gasket, if it isn`t then it probably is the rear crankshaft seal which would require the removal of the tranny to replace.
The pcv valve is part of the valve cover and won't need replacement unless you are having a problem
Valves have seals instead of gaskets and if one was bad you would have oil on the spark plug for that cylinder if you were to take it out and inspect it. A bad valve cover gasket would leak oil on the outside of the engine. a bad head gasket would put oil and/or pressure into the coolant system, coolant into the combustion chamber causing white smoke, or coolant into the oil. signs of a blown head gasket can be:- coolant leaking outside of engine from head/block area,coolant in engine oil, oil in radiator,over heating of engine.loss of pwer.loss of coolant from coolant resevoir, smell of coolant while driving, and not being able to tell where it is coming from
Poor performance, poor economy, rough idle, lean burn causing valve or piston problems...
Leaking valve cover gasket.Leaking valve cover gasket.
warped valve cover. bad gasket. cracked valve cover cracked block
Possible failed valve cover gasket.Possible failed valve cover gasket.
Yes, the valve cover gasket and plug tube seals have failed.
Yes, the valve cover gasket and the plug tube seals.
the valve cover gasket is bad, or the valve cover is loose
I would suspect that is a Valve Cover gasket leaking.
Any internal coolant leak can cause a milky residue in the valve cover. Head gasket, intake gasket, cracked/warped head, cracked intake are possible causes.
An oil leak there is probably a valve cover gasket leaking. it would not require head gasket replacment. Try tightning the bolts on the valve cover. If that does not work then replace the valve cover gasket. Yes it could be the head gasket as there are oil passages in the head and i have heard that head gasket on saturns are prone to failure,look around the valve cover for sings of a leak hopfully that's all it is because replacing the head gasket is costly on th 1.9 sohc
25-35 bucks
the valve cover gaskets are leaking. the valve cover gasket kits are cheep labor is expensive, 5 hour job!
pcv valve replace every 30000 miles.. bad oil pan gasket, or valve cover gasket