Who has taken the front valve cover off of their VE30DE motor? I want to polish the thing, which won't be a problem unto itself, but I just want to know if there is anything more to taking it off than removing the coils and plugs and a few nuts. Are there a half a million other things connected to it that aren't obvious?

 

You're only refering to the left bank, right. Looks pretty straight forward.

 

Yea. Just the one that faces forward. Having a heck of a time finding the gasket for this thing without going down to the dealer.

 

More than likely you will not be able to get a valve cover gasket from your local auto parts store. They probably only have the VG engine listed in their parts computer/catalog.

 

Does anyone know any particulars about this? With all the messes we get into, I can't believe no one has taken the cover off before. Had to get the gasket from the dealer.

 

CandiMan is correct about that gasket thing. I bought a valve cover from the junk yard that I want to get powdercoated, and when I went to get the gasket for it, the parts places around here (North Dakota) said that I had to get it from the dealer. I'm probably going to the dealer tomorrow to find out exactly how much it costs, and I will post my results.

 

Picked it up from my dealer tonight.