I had an oil leak on my valve cover gasket and seepage from the rear valve cover crankcase vent, so it was time to change it. With help from the forum I was able to find the part numbers for the gasket, grommets and replacement elbows.
I took my time, being retired, I’ve learned to take a break when you need one.
There was a lug in the back drivers side and a bracket that holds the AC line that were just big enough to keep the valve cover from coming off, once I figured that out, and pulled them off, the valve cover came off easily. The rear valve cover bolt was loose, likely the cause of the leak.
I think I spent as much time cleaning the valve cover, bolts and replacing the grommets and the elbows. The rear elbow had always had some oil around the top of the valve cover.
I started on the front elbow, and after breaking the flange off, I pulled out the box cutter. That front grommet was hard as a rock! When I finally got the front elbow out, after cutting it apart, I started to pull the rear elbow. It came out surprisingly easy. The old elbow I took out was slightly small diameter than the new one. So the oil leak from that grommet should be fixed.
I put everything back together, no leaks!
I spent sometime cleaning the top of the block, it had some nasty oil and dirt caked on it.
Next on the agenda is to degrease the back of the engine. I bought some Gunk heavy duty degreaser and some Autozone degreaser. Hopefully between the both of them i can get it cleaned up.
I think I will be replacing the heat shield blanket on the intake manifold. Not sure if I should use the DEI set up or just replace it with the Mopar part. Any suggestions?
