Valve Cover Gaskets: How to?

[Merz]

Question: I only need the drivers side gasket. Subaruparts.com says Lh or Rh gaskets. Which is it? Is it Lh or Rh when looking at the engine, or sitting in the car?

[immortal_suby]

sitting in the car. LH = drivers side in US. If you ever can't remember then look at your rims.

[blownb310]

Originally Posted by Myetball

I doubt anyone else has tried very many non-eom parts. For some reason most folks believe SVX's are some mystical special car that will only run on oem parts and dual flux capacitors.

Myetball,

What are you doing over here? I thought you were a Nissan guy.

I have the distinct displeasure of having to work on my Nissan parts manager's SVX and these boards are a great source of info for a Nissan tech trying to work on a mystical and special Subaru.

Mike

[pavanbabut]

Originally Posted by blownb310

Myetball,

What are you doing over here? I thought you were a Nissan guy.

I have the distinct displeasure of having to work on my Nissan parts manager's SVX and these boards are a great source of info for a Nissan tech trying to work on a mystical and special Subaru.

Mike

Thts wht makes a SUBARU, a SUBARU.... though its not a lot fancy enough compared to others...

-Pavan.

[blownb310]

Originally Posted by pavanbabut

That's what makes a SUBARU, a SUBARU.... though its not a lot fancy enough compared to others...

-Pavan.

LOL, I too have found that you can't get the driver's side valve cover off without jacking up the engine slightly. I guess I better get back out there and finish this job.

Pavan, an Alfa too? Man, you really go for those non mainstream cars don't you?

[pavanbabut]

Originally Posted by blownb310

LOL, I too have found that you can't get the driver's side valve cover off without jacking up the engine slightly. I guess I better get back out there and finish this job.

Pavan, an Alfa too? Man, you really go for those non mainstream cars don't you?

You dont need to jack up the engine, if your hands are skinny like me. We (me and my buddy) did the valve covers job on our svxes and we didn't jack up the engine and ofcourse I took the job of removing the rear valve cover bolts on the driver side.. .

Yep, I love my Alfa as I do my SVX. I like the way how it delivers the power at all rpms and its stability at all speeds and especially the enigne note (you know wht I mean) . But I can feel the lack of AWD sometimes. But buying a coverleaf (AWD model of 164) is a nightmare for me (not less than $15k) and also to maintain .

-Pavan.

[blownb310]

Originally Posted by pavanbabut

You dont need to jack up the engine, if your hands are skinny like me. We (me and my buddy) did the valve covers job on our svxes and we didn't jack up the engine and ofcourse I took the job of removing the rear valve cover bolts on the driver side..

Maybe the engine mounts have settled on this black '92 I've got here. There was not enough clearance on the front of the valve cover to remove it. I'm lucky, I'm working with a lift, so it was easy to remove the single 14mm left lower motor mount nut and put a jackstand under the left ex. manifold to raise it up a bit. Then the valve cover came right off. I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this in this thread yet or not, but I put a dab of fresh gasket maker in the same half dozen or so spots that the factory did before I reinstalled the valve cover.

Mike

[Myetball]

Originally Posted by blownb310

Myetball,

What are you doing over here? I thought you were a Nissan guy.

I have the distinct displeasure of having to work on my Nissan parts manager's SVX and these boards are a great source of info for a Nissan tech trying to work on a mystical and special Subaru.

Mike

Well, my old B11 is in Nissan heaven now. I still have that pristine CA18DE and am now dreaming for restoring an old Datsun roadster and dropping in the CA. I still stop by the Nissan forum from time to time.