So ive noticed a lil what looks like oil, on the passenger side of my engine. It looks to me like the valve cover gasket/seal might be bad. i have a couple spots where it looks like oil is coming out of. Is this normal? or do i have a problem? lol!

heres some pics, the first 2 are on the passenger side, and the third one is the front tward the pass side.

 

its common u can take it back to the dealer its covered

 

well im tuned and stuff. im not sure if theyll warrenty it?

 

I believe I saw a "How to" to fix this problem. Check the how to section.

 

Read this http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...ty-intact.html

 

i found the how to on it!! kinda sounds like whats goin on with mine. i might try it once weekend and see if that fixes it!

 

its not bad i wouldn't worry about it right now. mine has very small leaks also.

 

well there is another spot in the front of the engine that i cant get a pic of that looks really bad! and the passenger side isnt a bad leak, cuz i cleaned it off last summer and its just now starting to look bad again. i figure if i get bored oneday ill go thru and try to fix it.

 

there is no how to to fix it, ur gasket is most likely shot already like mine was, due to the valve cover bolts not being torqued to spec, i was tuned and took it back, and got a new gasket. the problem is is that gm didnt torque the valve cover bolts tight enough, its their fault, either take it in or get a new gasket or do it urself. in the mean time, tighten the bolts, mine tightened up quite a bit. now they dont move after i got it fixed.

 

someone have the torq specs for the valve cover bolts?

 

71ftlbs for the 2.0

89in-lbs for the 2.2-4

 

Dang!! ill try this in the morn and see if they tighten up!! thanks man!

 

kinda looks like exhaust condensate, whatever is there isn't much, have you noticed any oil consumption?

 

no not really. i didnt really check untill today though. lol! but the oil level is fine right now.

 

its an oil leak, i had the same thing. if u clean it off and drive ur car hard for a bit u will notice a little oil running down there. its not enough to notice oil level change but enough to make things dirty and eventually blow the gasket

 

I think it its 71 inlbs. for the 2.0