Best Valve Cover?
What's the best fit and quality Valve Cover outside of OEM?
ITM APEX Beck/Arnley :confused: |
No need to ever use new VCs unless they crack. In that case get a used one (6th gen preferably). If you need tube seals, then use a hole saw and open the whore up.
I just put RTV on the tubes. |
I got some on Ebay but didn't use the included gasket or PCV valve. first set leaked prematurely and seller sent me replacement. the gasket that came with them got hard and brittle quick and leaked within a month...
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Originally Posted by uptownsamcv
(Post 9217767)
I got some on Ebay but didn't use the included gasket or PCV valve. first set leaked prematurely and seller sent me replacement. the gasket that came with them got hard and brittle quick and leaked within a month...
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Originally Posted by Child_uv_KoRn
(Post 9217709)
No need to ever use new VCs unless they crack. In that case get a used one (6th gen preferably). If you need tube seals, then use a hole saw and open the whore up.
I just put RTV on the tubes. Of course, it's the valve cover on the back of the engine, under the intake :shock: |
Update:
Beck/Arnley Brand is over double the price of other after market valve covers, but it's Nissan OEM. Even the gasket is Nissan, Made in Japan. :D:rolleyes: |
Originally Posted by ukmastermind
(Post 9217838)
What brand gasket did you end up using? Fel pro?
Yes, I went with the Fel-Pro gaskets and a PCV valve from the parts store just in case.. |
Originally Posted by ukmastermind
(Post 9218267)
Update:
Beck/Arnley Brand is over double the price of other after market valve covers, but it's Nissan OEM. Even the gasket is Nissan, Made in Japan. :D:rolleyes: I ordered the Beck/Arnley last week. It was shipped from Tennessee where the Nissan factory is. I was looking at the cheaper valve covers but from the few reviews I read they are just Chinese junk. |
Originally Posted by Child_uv_KoRn
(Post 9217709)
No need to ever use new VCs unless they crack. In that case get a used one (6th gen preferably). If you need tube seals, then use a hole saw and open the whore up.
I just put RTV on the tubes. |
ITM's work and don't require all that trouble you're headed into Sir! $46 ea...2nd time I'm changing mine in 17 yrs...Seal aren't replaceable they're assembled into the valve cover plastic welded as one unit.
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