As you can see from my recent flurry of posts I'm going to have fun this weekend under the hood. While I'm installing my new coil packs I was going to pull my valve cover to see if I have the metal tensioners on the reman engine that was installed in this car after the reformulated gas ate the nickasil. Is there a sequence for the valve cover as far as tighting the bolts, and what is the correct torgue setting.

 

There is a sequence and it is very important. You start with the inside bolts by the plugs and start working in a circular motion with ending with the bolts at the very ends. I believe the torque setting is only 9 N/m

 

Don't forget the O-ring seals for each spark plug!

 

Well last weekend was a bust. I began last night. Removed all of the coil packs. Got ready to blow out the spark plug area but thought I should shine a light down there for some reason. Its a good thing I did. The front spark plug on the right bank was covered in oil. And wouldn't you knowit I bought the valve cover gaskets for the left side. There went the night. Picked up the new gasket set this morning and will get to that tonight. I bought the NGK Iridium plugs. Can I use the preset gap .052 on this plug. The owners manual on my car calls for .050.

 

Everything in and tight and oil free, running fine. Thank-you all for you help.