can anyone help me i believe that a few people told me i have a valve cover gasket leak on my 95 maxima GXE. if anyone can confirm this pelase let me know asap. http://photobucket.com/albums/v374/D...t=DCP_0881.jpg

and no i didnt paint the engine silver. I bought it like that.

 

Ok, since you said you didnt paint your engine like that I wont say too much about it. But buy some paint thinner and a a$$ load of rags and go to town on that! As for the oil leak....I am guessing you are talking about the front Valve Cover. I see a little bit of build up there, nothing that looks overly concerning. Gasket from the factory is cheap. Install is easy. Just buy a Chilton manual. The front one should take like 20 minutes to do. If its the rear Valve Cover then its a considerable amount harder. You have to take off the Plenum (upper intake).

Dub

 

Mine is 3x as bad ( the buildup ) . Nice paint.

 

Is that your engine's halloween outfit?
You gotta scrub that sh*t off man - its a disgrace to the VQ.

 

I have oil in my spark plug holes. Valve cover gasket???

 

Blow-by .

 

dont laugh at my engines color . Stupid little kids spray painting it silver what a *** :\ whoever did that. Anyway how critical is this valve cover gasket leak should i get it fixed asap or what ? And ask for the paint i want it off so bad lol . but im afraid ill mess up something. Ill try the paint thinner solution though. Is their anything else ?

 

WTF?!

 

If you dont see oil under your car then I wouldnt be too concernded with a small leak. Get it fixed at some point before it is a major issue. As for the depainting of your engine. Thats gonna be tough. I would just start replacing hoses cause those will be impossible to clean. I would not use paint thinner on them. The other stuff....metal parts...take them to a paint shop and have them bead blast the snot out of it. That would be the easiest way. Other than that get out a drill with some sort of sander attachment. Good luck!

Dub

 

i have the same thing. In my case its from checking the oil and not wiping the oil off the dipstick when i put it back in, clean it up once and then notice that it originates from the dipstick insertion hole

 

Read my old post, and see, DON'T worry, mine is way worse and I have had no issues. Just calm down. . .

 

Might be easier/cheaper to do an engine-swap

 

Right and push the old one off a cliff some where!

Dub

 

LOL that engine is hilarious... Who the hell did you buy that car from ? lol

As far as the leak.. its a 30minute job, the gasket is about $15-20..

 

Maybe the original owner who painted it wants it back for his civic.

 

The dealer actually picked it up from an auction in Boston or Ny i forget which one. for the price i paid for the car *** the silver engine i can live with it i paid 3,800 for the car w/ 110k miles and 6month warranty He also did the timing chain and water pump for free. Yea the kid must of thought he had a civic, but the car runs flawlessly besides the fact that the idle is a bit high its around 1k. But hell ill throw around a couple hundred dollars even a couple g's to fix the minor stuff.

 

My idle is at 900 rpm. Auto. . .

 

so you think its fine then ? Mine is automatic too.

 

In Park/neutral, as for other gears its about 750-800

 

well mine was at like 1k while it was in gears. Im assuming theres a sensor that needs to be tweaked or replaceD ?

 

That made me laugh.

 

ok ok ok enough about my engines color . Lets pretend its not silver atm. lol