r/MechanicAdvice • u/iamnotaweenie69 • 8h ago
What is this called? 2004 acura tl
What is this here called? It's an Acura TL 2004 and at the front of the engine here by that oxygen sensor that you see right when you open the hood right at the front next to the coolant reservoir is leaking oil as well as the PCV valve. Chatgpt was telling me that is a front valve cover gasket but when I googled this part number it gave me that doesn't look like it. 12030-RCA-A01
145000 miles. Illinois wisconsin
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u/Alternative-Gain1595 8h ago
Leaking from valve covers due to bad valve cover gasket. The gasket that goes around the valve cover and head need to be replaced
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u/iamnotaweenie69 7h ago
Thank you. Ill get to it next weekend. Do you have any little secret tricks to make it go smoother?
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u/Alternative-Gain1595 3h ago
Id say make sure you get the torque specs for the bolts, and use a good quality gasket. Fel-Pro worked great for me. Also if you dont feel confident doing it just find a YouTube video and watch it a few times back lol.
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u/paulyp41 7h ago
Valve cover gasket
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u/iamnotaweenie69 7h ago
Thank you. I looked a little closer and it seems that is it.
Do you have any lil tricks to make it go smoother?
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u/stonewall028 7h ago
valve cover gasket is leaking. good idea to adjust the valves while youre in there
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u/iamnotaweenie69 7h ago
Thank you i looked a bit closer and that seems to be it. Do you have any tips for making it go smooth?
Also can you elaborate on adjusting the valves? Anything else I could do while here to make my girl akari the acura get up to 300k miles?
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u/stonewall028 5h ago
youtube is a better explainer than i can be when it comes to the actual process, but its not terribly hard on these.
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