For sure. I was just getting ready to attempt this same job. Woulda been outside cursing n stuff Wife at the door: "..babe, you ok?" Me:"....y,yeah."😵💫 😁
I'm doing this today....I'll update how it goes....thanks a million for posting this videos. UPDATE: Operation thanks to you was a total success, thank God I took your advice and replaced the valve cover, mine was 100% cracked, oil in all 4 plugs. THANK YOU!
Glad it worked! What was your symptoms before changing it? I'm trying to find a oil and vacuum leak, but cannot see anything obvious. Suspecting the valve cover atm....
@@rasmadrak The only symptom I had was that I was losing oil too fast, had to put a quart of oil almost every week. I went to change my oil one day and saw oil all over the back of the engine and under the frame of the car. I immediately suspected the valve cover gasket.
Started and completed in about 3 hours, so direct and without any unnecessary parts or harnesses being moved an removed. Liked, subbed, and a huge huge thank you. Awesome job...
Got an 08' Sentra Spec-V, same 2.5L engine. Your opener for this video was almost my exact reaction when I popped the cover to plan for this job...😯🤨😐 Gotta say though, you did a great job with the break down and what to watch out for. Thanks so much for this well put together how-to!
Great video! You helped me realize having the valve cover off would make changing the fuel injectors much easier. I was considering removing the intake manifold, but I think I’d rather remove the valve cover.
2007 spec-v with similar engine set-up here. Agreed. I changed my injectors though w/o removal of either but I could not put the clips back in place. Now that I need to replace the valve cover, I can finally access that. Owning this engine is a love/hate relationship.
I usually don’t comment or like videos just cause I’m a butt head like that but this was an excellent excellent video man …. You explained everything perfectly and in order…. I’m actually having to do an alternator along with the valve cover itself and new motor mounts as well…. Excellent job man … you definitely got a like and subscribe and I even saved the video for later use…. Thanks a lot and god bless!
Replaced Spark plugs and ignition coils yesterday on my 2015 Altima. After I was done white smoke leaving the exhaust system. I will try this repair and see what happens
So quick question … the white smoke didn’t come from out the exhaust pipe for me , it actually came from the engine Bay Area itself . The mechanic I had pressured washed the outside of the engine becauseoil leaked everywhere. Is it normal for the engine Bay Area to smoke after the replacement of the head gasket cover or after being washed ?
I follow your video and I was able to change the cover and then I started my engine it was a lot of I just said you could be I had two of them leaked and they had a lot of wild and some of them I believe went into the valve cover so what is going on after the vehicle was running for 2 to 3 minutes to shut off Now and I'm trying to start it again it just cranking up is not starting , I don't know what could be happening
Nice job. Gasket for valve cover comes with new valve or not. in addition PCV valve comes with the cover. The PCV on this car is not replaceable. in addition, now is good time to clean or replace fuel injectors as well. All the room. Very hard w/o removing the valve cover. forget about the intake, that is the worst design ever. I thought RAD removal was bad without taking out the AC lines on condenser!!
Same thing happened to my car. I didn’t understand the difference and mileages cuz I just couldn’t think you put that much mileages on your car from daily use it’s insane how far stuff is lmfao . Starting now to understand a bit but still don’t know . I just know if I changed my shit on time when it’s supposed to these other problems wouldn’t happened
Our 08 Altima just started leaking at the valve cover gasket after a super cold freeze for several days... now it's warmer and barely a drop ! Should I go ahead a replace or wait and see... thanx in advance!!
I JUST CHANGE THE SPURK PLUGS YESTERDAY I HAVE 2016 ALTIMA 2,5 S AND I FOUND OIL ON THE SECOND SPURK PLUGS ON PASSENGER SIDE OTHER THREE WAS DRY HE RECOMMENDED ME TO DO VALVE COVER DID HE MENTION ENTIRE VALVE COVER I DONT KNOW WHAT U THINK IS BETTER TO DOIT NOW TO STOP HAVING MISSFIRE IN THE FUTURE OR I CAN DRIVE LIKE THAT
The gasket came installed in the new valve cover. If you're replacing the gasket but not the valve cover then just pop out the old gasket and lay in the new gasket. It should only go on one way 👍
This fixed an external oil leak. If you have oil getting in where the spark plugs are it can cause a misfire. Changing out the spark plugs wouldn't hurt if it's been a long time since they've been done.
@@ValleyMobileAutomotive Yes I have some oil in one of the spark plug wells, the first one on the left. Is it safe to assume I need to replace the valve cover? Since oil has already gotten in, it will likely make its way back. Seems like a waste to replace plugs, coil pack, etc, if the new parts will get saturated just the same.
I replaced my Nissan Altima valve cover gasket how you showed and also plugs. Everything looks good but when I turned it on it was excessively vibrating and overheating, do you think I missed something?
You might have damaged one of the ignition coils since you are saying the engine vibrates. Im not sure about the overheating, it happened to me before I had a bad coil and the everything was shaking but I kept on going and pushing to reach my destination and eventually it overheated I think because air-fuel-spark ratio was all over the place.
My moms Nissan was shaking and smelling funky, ran a code reader and it ended being one of the cylinders so we replaced cyl 3, and we replaced all four spark plugs. Car running great now but noticed oil leakage into that same area so we will also be replacing the valve cover.
I have a 09 nissan altima 2.5 I bought all the new valve cover and new seals and gasket now my question is how long of a time will this take me and did you say you need to jack the motor? Can I just use a big floor jack to hold the moter up if I take that motor mount off will my motor fall out of place?
It will take a couple hours to complete the job. Yes, a floor jack is what I used. Put something like a block of wood between the jack and engine. The engine will move slightly even with a jack under it but that's ok. When it's time to put the motor mount back on you may need to raise or lower the jack as needed. You can also move the engine forward or rearward if needed.
@@jasonguthrie5099 yep under the oil pan. That's what the block of wood is for, to protect the pan. The pan is strong enough to hold the engine no problem, just don't jack the whole car up with it.
please HELP! I HAVE A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA BUT THE VALVE COVER GASKET ITS no the same as this one . i got the cover new but i can find the seal fro the new valve cover please!!!!! HELP!!!!!! thank you!!!!
@@CapFrmFlint you won’t find it shortage of everything it’s getting hard to get parts I had to wait over a week to get it. They have to type of engine cover this nasty cars go to the auto part and tell them what you need them take your valve cover gasket and you still need to buy it new so you won’t have to mess with it in the long run.
Why must we need a new valve cover? If they offered spark plug tube seals with the valve cover gasket, then everything could be replaced when the valve cover gasket is replaced.
No video shows how much miles these cars have 🤔🤔 mine has 143K miles and I just replaced the PCV valve and hose and check engine light came back on and I noticed very little oil from the gasket
Mine has 148k and the cylinder misfire and I replaced them all cus I know they’re all going to go out and I also replace my valve cover cost about 700 bucks with new sparks too
Do not pull the spark plug out when oil is settled in there!!!! Spray some brake cleaner in there and use a compressor to blow it out with a rag on top
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You're not dumb, the new valve cover comes with a pre installed gasket. If yours comes separate the gasket lays in the cover groove. It only goes on one way. Once you see it it will make sense 👍
My electrical harness is very brittle. Im scared shitless too do a simple valve cover gasket replacement on this car...i forsee it falling a part as i easily move it out of the way 🫣🫣🫣🫣
Not typically. A good spray down with solvent a rag and letting them dry should be enough. If you notice a misfire even after cleaning them then you can replace them. If you do replace them stay away from cheap coils. I would stick with Nissan coils 👍
