Hey everyone, decided to make this video showing how to change and clean the front and rear valve cover gaskets. I had a oil burning smell when turning off the car after driving and saw some blowback under the engine. I have already replaced the oil pan and gasket, and oil filter housing and this was evident that it needed to be addressed.
If I wasn’t recording and making sure to be extra careful I think you can get this job done in about an 1hr to 1.5hrs it took me about 3 hrs because I had to stop and wifey had things for me to do as well.
I apologize ahead of time for the distractions. I had my wife and son interrupt me on multiple
occasions and couldn’t get the video done smoothly. hope it helps
Good luck to you guys and gals.
Save your self some money and get it done. sorry for the long video
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#acura #wrenching
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I have a 2014 MDX that is leaking. What a PITA. Pain in the ass
This can be done without pulling the intake. Book time is 2.3
I have a question for anyone on here doing this do the spark plugs thread into the valve cover or the cylinder head because our threads are gone need to replace whichever it is and before I open it up I wanted to order the part with the actual threads
Thanks great video
Great Video – thanks. The tools you used were common in most Shade Tree Mechanic's toolbox and your comments and direction were easy to follow. I've done a few Honda 6-cylinder engine gasket replacements and am doing a 3.7 tomorrow. I liked your well organized and good camera position Video. Great Job thanks but it will still probably take me 4 hours to finish, and my clothes won't be as clean as yours were- Thanks
I'm at 160k on my 2009 and it seemed time to get at it. Great video! Super helpful and to the point.
Did you end up selling yours or decide to hold on with how crazy car prices are?
Great Vid Man! How do you not have a single scratch on your watch screen??
Thank u man, I have same operation to my uncle's MDX. Now he can be happy
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Thanks for this video. Unfortunately the pvc valve broke off our 2012 MDX when trying to replace it (no idea why Honda uses plastic, it just breaks into pieces due to all the heat) and I’ll need to open up the front valve cover to get any pieces that broke off in there, plus I been wanting to replace the plug hole seals.
What seal goes on that top cover that you had to remove to get to the valve covers?
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This Video help with 04 MDX.
Thanks.
Awesome video video man, but be careful with the oil change intervals. When you popped the top plate of the intake manifold I could see all the dark carbon deposits. Which means you’ll have to change the oil between 3,000-5,000 miles.
Really good job and video bro, keep them coming.
Great job on the video! I have a 2007 MDX that I have put 240k on since it was new and I’ve been doing most of the maintenance on it myself. I actually avoided this particular task when I was due for a valve adjustment at 200k. For the same price as the valve adjustment the dealer changed out the valve cover gaskets and spark plug hole gaskets for me. Even though I have run nothing but Mobil 1 oil from the original factory fill both valve covers were leaking by around the 180k mark.