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Originally Posted by smi2710
Planned the afternoon to change out my valve cover cover gasket ended up being about an hour worth of work. My truck has a 110k on it and im gonna gues it was never done since the old gasket felt like ABS plastic not rubber anymore. Is this common ? I have done quite a few gaskets in my time and this one was by far in the worst shape i have ever seen. Now i just have to degrease and i hope i have cleaned up all oil leaks ( oil filter housing seal was just done as well)
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Pretty normal for rubber gasket to get hard as plastic after that many miles. Should have replace the spark plugs, Vanos seals while you're doing that.
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