so i'm all set to change my plugs tommorrow, but i have one question:

when you remove the valve cover to change the front three plugs, is there a gasket around that particular part of the valve cover?

I don't think there is because the valves are actually under the part where the plugs are. Just asking because if so, i guess i have to get a new gasket on top of which......

 

No, there is no gasket there

 

no there isn't one on top. don't forget the anti-sieze to put on the plugs thread. i had to have my buddy drive us to the store in the middle of changing them.

 

And it's not a valve cover, it's bolted to the valve cover. The cover you take off is the front bank coil pack's cover. I hate when people call it a valve cover!

 

i've heard about that. What exactly does anti-seize goop do?




tom, on any car i've ever dealt with, that part is the valve cover. sorry for driving you crazy with my non-mechanic vocabulary......

 

The anti-seize is suppose to prevent the plugs from getting stuck or messing up the threads.

 

Always remember to make sure your block is COLD before replacing plugs...just makin sure

 

Well, the valves aren't under that cover that you're taking off now is it?? =P There are sparkplugs under there. So it's the sparkplug cover. But the valves are under the metal that the sparkplugs screw in to. That's the valve cover.

 

just like you should unplug the battery before working near the fan, or let the engine cool down before taking off the radiator cap, or give it a while before working with exhaust components? Yeah, i kinda know. thanks anyway.
well, technically, the valves are under there, just not directly under there.

 

Then I vote that the cover be called the oilpan cover.. =P