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I will check out your site. Thanks Scott. Mileage is 220K. Been using 10W oil all these years until autozone advised otherwise.

Thanks, Scott. Will do.

Can I just add the nut when I get it or pull off cover and start over?

Hi Scott, I spent a lot of time on the seals overall. And they didn't come out the way I expected. I thought the seal would fit like a bottle cap on top of the tube. Instead the tube sticks up through the center of the seal. Don't see how that seals anything. Varmit. I lost a nut to the...

Hi. I'm Teally and I just completed my first valve cover gasket. I had two snags. Thought it would be the RTV. Nope not one squeeze. Dropped a nut and I'll prolly have to do redo one of the seals. Darn so close. 95 Corolla DX

1995. A little bit. When I was driving a lot some months ago I was having to watch the oil twice a week (because I was driving for a living) but I only had to top it off once in a while. It never burned a lot. While we're on the subject of oil. I try to find oil change coupons when I can get...

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Are you kidding me Scott? I just came from autozone to buy oil to fill her up and I had the 5w30 in my hands and autozone told me not to buy it. But to buy the 20w50 which I was specifically intending not to use because I had been experiencing all of the symptoms you mention. What the whut? She...

YEAH! Thanks for that. So I guess those tracks are just stains. I have some ultra grey. The oil was nice and pale when I first took the cover off. Been working on it a while so oil became dark. Yes, standard oils. I think it's 20w50 that autozone told me to use for high mileage. Thank you very much.

Hi. Doing my first valve cover gasket. I have tried gasket remover. Scrubbing with nylon and brass brushes. Also green pad. With both throttle cleaner and carb and choke cleaner. And this is the cleanest I can get it without scrubbing really hard with the brass brush. Also I needed to get this...