Suprnova74
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So I was doing what was supposed to be a rather simple fix of replacing the valve cover gasket which turned into a major cluster (insert your choice expletive here).
1. the aftermarket gasket didn't fit into the groove tightly which made it a royal pita to keep in place. As a result I have a much more serious leak now which I'll be fixing today. At this point, I'm just going to buy a whole new valve cover.
2. All of the spark plug boots pulled off of the coil pack. In the process of trying to remove them the little fuse-like piece on the coil spring fell off and into the engine compartment, never to be seen again. (That dreaded "plink plink rattle" of a small part being swallowed by the void)
I have replacement boots on order (with springs) and as an emergency measure I stretched the spring out to be the same length as when that piece was present. It seems to run ok other than the leaking from the bad gasket (spark-wise, no misfires) My question is what is that piece for exactly? Just more surface area? I measured the ohms on another one and it's almost no resistance (i think it measured 1 ohm)
1. the aftermarket gasket didn't fit into the groove tightly which made it a royal pita to keep in place. As a result I have a much more serious leak now which I'll be fixing today. At this point, I'm just going to buy a whole new valve cover.
2. All of the spark plug boots pulled off of the coil pack. In the process of trying to remove them the little fuse-like piece on the coil spring fell off and into the engine compartment, never to be seen again. (That dreaded "plink plink rattle" of a small part being swallowed by the void)
I have replacement boots on order (with springs) and as an emergency measure I stretched the spring out to be the same length as when that piece was present. It seems to run ok other than the leaking from the bad gasket (spark-wise, no misfires) My question is what is that piece for exactly? Just more surface area? I measured the ohms on another one and it's almost no resistance (i think it measured 1 ohm)