JDM MY96 STI , i have the well known oil drip onto a hot exhaust smell , and i need to replace the rocker cover gaskets ( both sides look like they need doing )
can someone point me in the right direction for the gaskets required , and how difficult is this job , what's got to come off to get at them , and how many days do i need to book off to do it ? lots of questions i know , but the answers will be greatly appreaciated .

Thanks

Mike D

 

Hi mate the gaskets can be had from japimportcarparts.com sorry I can't help with advice of the fitting bit but sure someone will be along soon to help with that, I'd imagine it's a easy enough job just abit fiddley

 

'Hi mate the gaskets can be had from japimportcarparts.com'

This dont work ?

 

I think he meant Import Car Parts - Import Auto Parts - Discount Auto Parts - Discount Prices

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Sorry made a mistake...

Import Car Parts - Japanese car parts for Subaru, Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Mitsubishi and more

 

Sorry about that corrected above importcarparts.com I've had loads from these top company

 

I'll second that, i've had MAF's, ball joints, bushes, brakes, gaskets and more from them... all top quality stuff and great service!!

 

https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...er-gasket.html
http://www.muddyswebsite.co.uk/diy7.htm these threads should be of some use mate

 

Make sure you use high temp three bond sealer , just put a smear on all the way round to help seal you need a rocker cover joint , two spark plug joints , and the seals for the bolts and i would also change the half moons on the cam whilst it is all off as these do go brittle and can be disturbed when removing the cover . Make sure you clean every thing up and degrease , jacking the car up slightly will also encourage the oil to run back into the engine rather than running out to help clean the head surface up , i did mine with the engine out so torqued the bolts up correctly as you don't want to over tighten them, not sure if you can fit the torque wrench down the inner wing but you can feel what the torque feels like on anouther nut and bolt to give you an idea of how much to pull them up .

good luck not too hard just fiddly.


Mark

 

Careful not to overtighten the bolts , they shear dead easy and then become an engine out job. See here https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...et-sealer.html




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Cheers thanks for the links, i had done a search but couldn't find anything , must be me screwing it up,

Thanks

Mike D