BUNDYS GARAGE BUNDY HERE
HEY TODAY I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A HACK YOU CAN
DO TO QUICKLY CHANGE OUT THE VALVE COVER
GASKETS ON A J SERIES HONDA OR ACURA J SERIES
V6 ENGINE THIS WILL COVER FROM 1998 TO
2009 2010 2011 WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THIS WORK
ON A 2000 HONDA ACCORD WITH A 3.5L VTEC ENGINE
SO WHAT YOU WILL NEED IS I'M NOT GOING TO DO
THE OIL TUBE SEALS BUT IT'S BEST BET IF YOU DO
SO YOU NEED 2 2 VALVE COVER GASKETS
GOT THIS FROM HONDA PART NUMBER IS
12341 - P8A - A00 COST ME ABOUT $14 BUCKS
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A HACK
HOW TO DO THIS VERY QUICKLY VERY VERY QUICKLY
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE INTAKE PLENUM
OFF YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE THROTTLE
BODY OFF YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY OF THIS STUFF
OFF WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUSH IT OUT OF THE WAY
FIRST STEP WILL BE TOO TAKE OUT ALL 6 12MM
BOLTS AND 3 3 NUTS DOWN THERE 12MM
SO LET'S DO THAT REAL QUICK I'LL FAST FORWARD SO
I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THAT
FIND ALL MY TOOLS HERE
[MUSIC PLAYING]
AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE ALL THE NUTS AND BOLTS
OUT OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD NEXT THING WE'RE
GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO GRAB IT HERE FROM
THE LEFT SIDE PASSENGERS SIDE WE'RE GONNA
PULL IT UP CLEAR THIS STUD HERE
CLEAR THESE 2 STUDS HERE IF YOU HAVE A THIN PIECE
OF WOOD YOUR GOING TO NEED A THIN PIECE OF WOOD
OR A BARRIER OF SOME TYPE AN OLD CUTTING BOARD
WOULD WORK A PIECE OF CARDBOARD WOULD
PROBABLY WORK
SAY THAT 10 TIMES FAST
PIECE OF CARDBOARD WOULD
PROBABLY WORK
PIECE OF CARDBOARD WOULD
PROBABLY WORK
THE KEY WITH THE WOOD IS JUST TO PROTECT THESE
STUDS FROM GETTING DAMAGED THE THREADS ON
THERE AND THEN ONCE WE DO THAT AH
SO ALL THE BOLTS AND NUTS ARE OUT
WE'RE GOING TO PULL THIS UP WE'RE GOING TO
SLIDE THIS IN AND PUSH THIS INTAKE OUT OF THE WAY
SO THAT YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THE FRONT AND
REAR VALVE COVERS
I DID THE REAR ONE A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO
CAUSE IT WAS LEAKING OIL VERY BADLY
I NEED TO DO THE FRONT ONE CAUSE IT'S LEAKING
OIL AS WELL
IT ACTUALLY DRIPS DOWN HERE HITS ONTO THE
EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH IS RIGHT THERE
AND YOU CAN JUST SMELL BURNING OIL SO
NOT A GOOD THING SO LET'S DO THAT RIGHT NOW
SHOW YOU HOW THAT'S DONE
OK SO MY LEFT HAND
GRAB HERE
WITH THE RIGHT HAND GUIDE IT UP PAST THE STUDS
OK GOTH THAT UP BRING IN THE PIECE OF WOOD
COVER THOSE STUDS AND HAVE THE INTAKE REST ON IT
OK
SO NOW YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE BOLTS HERE ON THE
VALVE COVER I SEE ONE RIGHT HERE
TOP ONE THERE TOP ONE RIGHT HERE
TWO ONE THE SIDE AND TWO ON THE BOTTOM WHICH
ARE EASY TO GET TOO
TAKE OFF THIS COVER
TURN THOSE AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE
PULL THAT UP AND OUT
NEXT THING WE NEED T DO IS REMOVE THE COIL
ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS THESE ARE THE COIL PACKS
YOU NEED TO GET THE CONNECTORS OUT OF THE WAY
THIS WILL BE EXACTLY THE SAME ON THE REAR VALVE
COVER
OK NOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE THESE
2 10MM BOLTS OFF HERE
AND THEN TAKE OUT THE COIL PACKS
IT'S A 6MM ALLEN WRENCH DOWN THERE
OK WITH ALL YOUR COIL PACKS DISCONNECTED GO
AHEAD TAKE THIS CONNECTOR AND PUSH IT OFF TO THE
SIDE
NOW WE'LL DO THE COIL PACKS NEXT
LIKE I SAID 6MM ALLEN WRENCH GET THOSE LOOSE
I HAVE A 6MM ALLEN 3/8THS SOCKET HERE
[MUSIC]
SO IF YOU SEE OIL DOWN HERE ON THE BOOT
MEANS YOUR OIL TUBE SEALS ARE LEAKING
I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN ONE SECOND AND SO YOU YOU
WANT TO REPLACE THEM I'M ACTUALLY NOT GOING
TO REPLACE THE OIL TUBE SEALS RIGHT NOW BUT IF
YOUR DOING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU
PROBABLY SHOULD REASON I'M DOING THIS
BECAUSE I INSTALLED AN INFERIOR VALVE COVER
GASKET WHICH STARTED LEAKING AFTER 40,000 MILES
AFTER ABOUT ONE YEAR SO I HAVE TO GO ON THERE
AND REPLACE IT WITH A HONDA VALVE COVER GASKET
THAT'S WHY I'M USING HONDA I'M NOT GOING TO
USE AN AFTERMARKET STUFF ON THIS
I WAS TRYING TO SAVE SOME MONEY BUT IT BIT ME
IN THE END SO YOUR VEST BET IS TO ALWAYS GO
WITH AN OEM HONDA GASKET
REASON I LIKE DOING IT THIS WAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T
HAVE TO TAKE OFF ANY OF THE COOLANT LINES
YOU DON;T HAVE TO TAKE OUT THE IDLE AIR CONTROL
VALVE CONNECTOR
THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR THE WHAT IT THAT THE
MAP THE MAP MAF OR ANY OF THIS STUFF YOU JUST
LEAVE IT ALL CONNECTED TO THE SNORKEL
YOUR THROTTLE BODY AND THEN YOUR INTAKE
AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO THE BACK SIDE
YOU JUST GRAB IT AND PULL THE INTAKE TOWARDS
YOU AND IT GIVES YOU ROOM TO ACCESS ALL 5
10MM BOLTS FOR THE VALVE COVER 1 2 3 4 5
LET'S LOOSEN UP ALL 5 VALVE COVER 10MM
BOLTS AND GET THIS VALVE COVER UP AND OUT
OF THERE
ALL THE BOLTS ARE THE SAME EXCEPT FOR THIS TOP
MIDDLE ONE ON THIS VALVE COVER AND ON SAME SIDE
ON THE OTHER SIDE THE SAME POSITION
THIS IS THE ONLY SHORT ONE YOUR GOING TO HAVE
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU REINSTALL THEM
SO THEN RIGHT HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE
SCREEN YOU HAVE YOUR FRESH AIR INTAKE
DUCT YOU NEED TO GET A PAIR OF PLIERS PUSH AND
SQUEEZE THAT AND GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY
AND PULL THIS HOSE OUT
SO THAT'S FREE YOUR VALVE COVER SHOULD BE FREE
AND CLEAR AND READY TO COME UP
SO RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
OF OIL NOT VERY MUCH
BUT IF IT'S ALL THE WAY ACROSS
KIND OF LIKE IN THIS SITUATION RIGHT HERE
WHERE IT'S ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE VALVE COVER
GASKET THAT MEANS IT'S LEAKING OIL
SO I WILL INSTALL THE NEW VALVE COVER GASKET
AND PUT EVERYTHING BACK THE SAME
SO I WANT TO CLEAN THE MATING SURFACE AS WELL
AS POSSIBLE COME DOWN HERE WITH A RAG
CLEAN ALL THIS UP
WATCH YOUR FINGERS ON THIS THIS IS ALUMINUM
YOU RUN YOUR FIGER ACROSS THAT FAST ENOUGH
AND YOU WILL CUT YOURSELF WIDE OPEN
LIKE A RAZOR BLADE
NOW IF YOU NEED TO ADJUST THE VALVE LASH
RIGHT HERE ON THE INTAKE SIDE THIS IS THE
EXHAUST SIDE IF YOU NEED TO ADJUST THE VALVE
LASH NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO DO IT WHEN YOU HAVE
EVERYTHING OPEN AND ACCESSABLE I'LL PUT A LINK
IN THE DESCRIPTION BELOW WHERE YOU CAN
ACTUALLY SEE WHERE I DO A SHORT VIDEO ON
HOW TO ADJUST THE VALVE LASH ON A J SERIES
HONDA V6
HERE ARE YOUR OIL TUBE SEALS RIGHT HERE
THEY SEEM PRETTY PLIABLE O SO I'M ACTUALLY NOT
GOING TO MESS WITH THEM
BUT IF IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD EVER
DONE THIS THAN I WOULD GO AHEAD AND REPLACE ALL
3 OF THEM WITH HONDA OIL TUBE SEALS
LIKE I SAID I I DID IT NOT THAT LONG AGO
AND LOOKING AT THE COIL PACKS THERE DOES NOT
SEEM TO BE ANY OIL ON THE BOOT SO I'M GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THESE ALONE FOR RIGHT NOW
IF I NOTICE THE COIL PACKS HAVE OIL
ON THEM I WILL GO AHEAD COME BACK IN HERE
REPLACE THE OIL TUBE SEALS AS WELL WITH
HONDA ONES
SEE WHERE THE OIL WAS COMING OUT
TRY TO CLEAN THAT UP FOR A SECOND
THIS VALVE COVER GASKET IS RIDICULOUSLY HARD
WHAT A JOKE SHOULD OF NEVER GONE WITH
AN INFERIOR VALVE COVER GASKET
JOKE
THROW THAT SUCKER RIGHT INTO THE TRASH
OK LET'S BRING OUT OUR NEW BEAUTIFUL
HONDA VALVE COVER GASKET
12341-P8A-A00
ALRIGHT RIGHT HERE RIGHT HERE THERE'S LITTLE
BUBS LITTLE NIPPLES HERE
THOSE ACTUALLY GO INTO THE RIDGE ONTO THE VALVE
COVER
SO MAKE SURE THOSE GO DOWN
START INSTALLING IT HERE
DON'T FORCE IT IN JUST LAY IT DOWN
GO AROUND THE CORNERS TAKE YOUR TIME
MAKE SURE IT'S ALL THE WAY DOWN
PUSH DOWN IN ALL AREAS OF THE GASKET
YOU DON'T WANT THIS THING FALLING OUT WHEN
YOU FLIP IT OVER AND PUT IT BACK ON THE
BLOCK OR I SHOULD SAY ONTO THE HEAD
I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH INSTALLING THIS
BACK INTO PLACE JUST MAKE SURE YOUR HEAD IS
CLEAN HERE YOU HAVE THE GASKET ALL THE WAY IN
GO AHEAD USE A HONDA VALVE COVER GASKET IF
YOU CAN IF YOU HAVE NEVER CHANGED THESE
OIL TUBE SEALS GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THESE OIL
TUBE SEALS AS WELL INSTALLATION IS THE REVERSE
OF REMOVAL YOU HAVE SPECS FOR THE VALVE COVER
AND FOR THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD I'LL PUT
A LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION BELOW OR AT THE END
OF THE VIDEO OF A 1 HOUR VIDEO WHERE I SHOW YOU
HOW TO DO THIS AND I'LL ALSO PUT A LINK
TO THE VALVE LASH ADJUSTMENT DOWN HERE
ADJUSTING VALVES ON A J SERIES V6 SO
THERE YOU GO THERE'S THE HACK
JUST KEEP IN MIND YOU DON'TT HAVE TOO TAKE OFF
ALL THIS THE SNORKEL THE VALVE BODY THE INTAKE
UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD NON OF THAT JUST LEAVE THAT
IN PLACE TAKE YOUR BOLTS OFF ON TOP HERE
JUST MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY MOVE IT FORWARD
TO DO THE FRONT MOVE IT TOWARDS YOU TO DO
THE REAR VALVE COVER GASKET
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