RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Never mind Bring Back The Blues Brothers.proves the royals MUST be more transparent JAN MOIR: The ugly feeding frenzy over Kate in the U.S.Terrifying moment kidnap gang grab man and drag him into van as he desperately struggles to escape.How much does it REALLY cost to have a bath? We crunch the numbers on how much swapping it for a shower saves.Death of the handbrake: Hardly any new cars now have one as electronic parking buttons become the norm - but are they better?.Here top astrologer YASMIN BOLAND reveals what every star sign must do now - and the steps to protect your money and love life Four lunar eclipses mean it's the most significant astrology year in decades.Champions League draw LIVE: Arsenal and Manchester City set to learn their fate - with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich all potential quarter-final rivals.It's car-mageddon! National Highways boss tells drivers to 'decorate the bathroom or something' as the M25's first ever full weekend closure starts TODAY.How Harry and Meghan perfectly timed PR blitz torpedoed William's emotional tribute to Diana: Duchess unveiled 'Tig 2.0' American Riviera Orchard just as William took to the stage with emotionally charged Diana speech.For the record, the original valve covers almost never need to be replaced. Replacing all 4 or even 2 when just one may be leaking is a stealth auto shop upsell. I would clean the mess off the engine and then observe if it is the valve cover, as in just the one valve cover seal that needs to be replaced. It also tends to leak while the engine is running not while standing over time and so doesn't accumulate from standing. It's just the way of the world I guess.Ī true valve cover leak is small and incremental and doesn't generally involve the amount of oil you are seeing. It is much easier to call it a leaking valve cover so at least he can cover his time cleaning up his handwork with new billable work. I hate to say it but a technician is probably never going to tell you he spilled oil when refilling it and it is lost time & wages to clean up the mess as a call-back job. The technician cleans up the visible oil spill but a lot of it doesn't get cleaned off from the underside of the engine sheet metal and over the next few weeks it works its way out onto the valve covers where it drips on the exhaust, the cause is misdiagnosed as a leaky valve cover.
Fortunately, both the valve cover and engine mounts are within my skill level to repair (famous last words :-)).Hi GTA,ĭon't be too quick to call this the root cause, many times when the oil is filled too quickly it backs up and overflows the filler neck or the funnel. It gets better, while jacking the car up using the engine ( I hate to do it that way), I blew out the left side engine mount. That's why it took two weeks! I'm ordering valve cover gaskets. I guess the pool finally filled the manifold to the point where it started leaking onto the floor of that garage. There is a large pool of oil on the top of the exhaust manifold. Looks like the passenger side lower valve coves is leaking badly.