Doing Valve cover gasket

Brandon818 · 02-27-2018, 04:25 PM

Hello,

I'm doing my valve cover gasket and pcv upgrade (n54) in about a week, and I'm wondering if there's anything else I should do as preventative maintenance or just because I'm in their.

TheeGovernor · 02-28-2018, 02:51 PM

When is the last time you did plugs

wren57 · 02-28-2018, 02:52 PM

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Donutz · 02-28-2018, 03:28 PM

Flapper hose, vacuum lines. I also replaced my oil fill cap when I changed my vc.

Faredo · 02-28-2018, 04:44 PM

check on the filter housing gaskets.

crossface007 · 02-28-2018, 04:55 PM

intake valve cleaning.

BKV122 · 03-01-2018, 03:41 PM

Eccentric shaft sensor and gasket

123Britt · 03-10-2018, 07:38 AM

On removal you can crack the VC and not really even know it and the oil separator ports will be clogged ~ so if you plan on keeping the awesome 335is then I would buy a new gasket and cover plus a RB PCV valve.

When I changed my VC on N54 -- it was really difficult to remove the cover without damaging the mating engine surface. The VC gasket was so hard and brittle it broke in hundreds of pieces and I spent hours picking all the small pieces out of the engine.
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Post VC change -- change the oil in a couple hundred miles.

Hondabond is your friend -- look it up.

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123Britt Captain 289 Rep 864 Posts Drives: 15 M235i AT Join Date: May 2008 Location: Madison, Alabama iTrader: (0)	Replace VC On removal you can crack the VC and not really even know it and the oil separator ports will be clogged ~ so if you plan on keeping the awesome 335is then I would buy a new gasket and cover plus a RB PCV valve. When I changed my VC on N54 -- it was really difficult to remove the cover without damaging the mating engine surface. The VC gasket was so hard and brittle it broke in hundreds of pieces and I spent hours picking all the small pieces out of the engine. . . Post VC change -- change the oil in a couple hundred miles. Hondabond is your friend -- look it up.
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