If, after 140K miles, you've never had the valve clearance checked/adjusted, you can do that and replace the gaskets while the valve covers are off.I'm thinking valve cover gaskets. Uses no oil between changes. Will clean the area and monitor.
Good video, never knew about that one cap next to the EGR valve with the hardened o-ring. But he better get new tires soon or he will be leaking air out through where the tread used to be.There are a few places that you may want to look for leaks. See this yt video:
Namely, oil pressure/spool valve/vvt solenoid gasket -- all close to the oil filter housing; valve cover gasket; camshaft thrust seal gasket; rear main seal gasket.
It's for all that snow drift surfing you're missing out on. Or in your case perhaps to slide over gators.I notice how great the access is underneath without all the plastic. I'm always dropping stuff that ends up on that plastic shield under the radiator which prevents it from falling all the way to the floor where it would be easy to retreive. I wonder what function it really serves and if anything bad would happen just taking and leaving it off .....?
After fighting off two zillion plastic push pins (and two 10mm bolts) I got the whole lower vanity cover off. Those plastic push pins are a piece of work. You pull down the center part and it breaks off before relieving pressure on the wings, leaving no way to get it out. I found all kinds of things, some I didn't even recognize. What I needed to find was the little metal bushing that goes in the PCV valve so the mounting bolt doesn't crush the plastic eyelet. Set me back half an hour on the PCV replacement job looking for it. Luckily it fell out when I took the plastic cover out.It's for all that snow drift surfing you're missing out on. Or in your case perhaps to slide over gators.
Or, back on topic, maybe to catch some minor leaks before they hit your garage floor, which I would actually consider a disservice. If there's a leak, I want to be able to see it right away and nip it in the bud.
Never had a problem with Fel Pro tube seals and valve cover gaskets, but if Bundy says dont use them, I won't anymore. Looks like I'll be buying a couple of those O-rings and replace them on my high milage Crosstour.There are a few places that you may want to look for leaks. See this yt video:
Namely, oil pressure/spool valve/vvt solenoid gasket -- all close to the oil filter housing; valve cover gasket; camshaft thrust seal gasket; rear main seal gasket.
Would the 205 work for a super slow leak in the rear main seal?That would be my cue to recommend the quick, inexpensive and effective solution of AT-205. Worked for me.
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Lol looks like I'll give it a go. I am very hesitant to use stop-leak products, as normally I think they address symptoms and not the root cause, but for this I know the root cause (failing rear main seal), and there's no way I'm going to replace that when I'm not losing noticable oil between changes.With Scotty View attachment 145306 as my witness, yup, it should. After five hours of driving time, you should see results.
Bundy's Garage chimes in, too.