Hello,
I have a 2000 mitsubishi eclipse with the 3.0L v6 engine. I had a small leak on the valve cover of the rear head (you have to take out the intake manifold in order to access to the rear head. It is a real pain in the a s s to remove the intake manifold in this car. I spend 5 hours doing this job.
I bought a cheap HF torque wrench for this job,i'm supposed to apply 35 INCH pounds of torque to the bolts of the valve cover. And im pretty sure the torque wrench overtighted the bolts.
When i was "done" i started the engine. 3 minutes later the back of the engine was smoking very bad. And there was a good deal of oil in the floor.
So im very [censored] because tomorrow im redoing all this job. My back hurts, i have a headache that wont go away. I can't believe this sh**t.
I have a question:
Do you guys think the valve cover gasket that i just installed is damaged?.... I don't have money to spend money on a new gasket again.
Here's a picture of the mess.
I have a 2000 mitsubishi eclipse with the 3.0L v6 engine. I had a small leak on the valve cover of the rear head (you have to take out the intake manifold in order to access to the rear head. It is a real pain in the a s s to remove the intake manifold in this car. I spend 5 hours doing this job.
I bought a cheap HF torque wrench for this job,i'm supposed to apply 35 INCH pounds of torque to the bolts of the valve cover. And im pretty sure the torque wrench overtighted the bolts.
When i was "done" i started the engine. 3 minutes later the back of the engine was smoking very bad. And there was a good deal of oil in the floor.
So im very [censored] because tomorrow im redoing all this job. My back hurts, i have a headache that wont go away. I can't believe this sh**t.
I have a question:
Do you guys think the valve cover gasket that i just installed is damaged?.... I don't have money to spend money on a new gasket again.
Here's a picture of the mess.