[Z06] How to remove oil fill neck?
05-20-2017, 04:09 PM
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Drifting
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How to remove oil fill neck?
I want to see what color are my valve springs are. How does the oil fill neck come out? Just pull/pry up or does it twist out? I don't want to break it.
05-21-2017, 01:40 AM
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You have to remove the valve cover and pull on a tab from the inside with a pick. It's a pain in the *** and most likely wont cooperate. A new neck costs $7.50 from NAPA. When I needed to remove it once for polishing I used a ******* hammer. Then twisted on a new neck afterwards.
If you want to check your valve springs you'll be removing your valve cover regardless.
If you want to check your valve springs you'll be removing your valve cover regardless.
05-22-2017, 01:49 PM
#4
Drifting
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You have to remove the valve cover and pull on a tab from the inside with a pick. It's a pain in the *** and most likely wont cooperate. A new neck costs $7.50 from NAPA. When I needed to remove it once for polishing I used a ******* hammer. Then twisted on a new neck afterwards.
If you want to check your valve springs you'll be removing your valve cover regardless.
If you want to check your valve springs you'll be removing your valve cover regardless.
05-22-2017, 02:57 PM
#5
Racer
I tried and tried and tried, but couldn't get the damn thing off. Even with a pick set with a crazy 2 bend tip I couldn't coerce the tab to unclick itself.
If you've got a scope with a light on it that would help. But I found it easiest to just take the whole damn valve cover off and check them all. You can literally take it off in under 5 minutes. Might seem like a lot but it really isn't. Just unscrew the coil plate and then you're about 4 bolts away from getting the valve cover off.
If you've got a scope with a light on it that would help. But I found it easiest to just take the whole damn valve cover off and check them all. You can literally take it off in under 5 minutes. Might seem like a lot but it really isn't. Just unscrew the coil plate and then you're about 4 bolts away from getting the valve cover off.
05-24-2017, 12:43 PM
#6
Drifting
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I tried and tried and tried, but couldn't get the damn thing off. Even with a pick set with a crazy 2 bend tip I couldn't coerce the tab to unclick itself.
If you've got a scope with a light on it that would help. But I found it easiest to just take the whole damn valve cover off and check them all. You can literally take it off in under 5 minutes. Might seem like a lot but it really isn't. Just unscrew the coil plate and then you're about 4 bolts away from getting the valve cover off.
If you've got a scope with a light on it that would help. But I found it easiest to just take the whole damn valve cover off and check them all. You can literally take it off in under 5 minutes. Might seem like a lot but it really isn't. Just unscrew the coil plate and then you're about 4 bolts away from getting the valve cover off.
05-24-2017, 01:30 PM
#7
Race Director
I've had mine on and off a few times and never replaced the original VC gaskets and never had any issues. They are an O-ring style, they are easily reused unlike the old school sbc gaskets.