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Old Mar 1, 2002 | 06:52 PM
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I'm going to swap out the valvesprings this weekend. Is it necessary to replace the valve cover gaskets when pulling covers. They have less than 1k miles on them.
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Old Mar 1, 2002 | 07:41 PM
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no. The only gaskets on the entire engine that need replacing are the head gaskets.

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No need to replace the valve cover gaskets, just clean the oil and dirt off of them before reinstalling.

I just changed my valve springs this past weekend. I had one rocker arm that lost one side of the bearings.

Just in case you don't have torque specs:
valve cover bolts are 106 in lbs(~9 ft lbs)
rocker arm studs are 22 ft lbs

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