Just Went To Mechanic And He Is Charging Me $325. Has Any One Changed The Rear Valve Cover Gasket, How Hard Was It? Are There Any Write Ups On This Subject. Any Help Is Appreciated, Thanks

 

Changing the rear valve cover gasket requires the Upper Intake manifold to be pulled... Make sure you change the Valve cover Gasket, the Three spark plug guide tube seals and the 10 grommets around each bolt.

Its really not all that bad. Ive done it three different times, all on different maxima's and its jsut time consuming. If your macanically inclined at all , tackle the job yourself.

-matt

 

Dont The Gaskets Already Come With The Grommets Built In, How Long Does This Job Take From Start To Finish.

 

No. Different part numbers. Those grommets are about $3 a peice from nissan.

3 hours 4 min and 36 seconds with NO break time at ALL !!!!!

 

you can look on the FSM or Haynes on how to do it. but defenetly do not let any mechanic do it for $325, thats way to much money IMO. at most u will spend 50 bucks in gaskets n stuff u need... find someone that can help you and study the haynes really good for wen u do it. i don kno of a writeup though since its already in the haynes and fsm. goodluck

 

Definately a DIY. I would expect to spend about 3 hours or so on the job. The Haynes manual isnt a whole lot of help. There are some things that I would consider gotchas. There are 2 support bolts on the back of the Upper IM that are hard to see. Also the EGR Bolts are easily missed. Both of these gotchas are in between the fire wall and the engine.

 

This Doent Sound Like To Difficult Of A Job, Im Going To Start On This Tomorrow. Wich Is Better For This Job, Haynes Or Chilton ?these Are My Two Options Because I Dont Have The Fsm.
Thanks For All The Help

 

Either one is going to give about the same info.

 

Get this wrench at Sears to unscrew the two bolts in the back :

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...ubcat=Wrenches

Craftsman 12 x 14mm Wrench, Box End
Sears item #00944361000 Mfr. model #44361