don't you hate it

[brans87]

Don't you hate it when doing a side job and you pinch the valve cover gasket and when crank it up oil goes every where!
I was doing a lexus rx300 and pinched rear valve cover gasket and did now it know it till I cranked it up. Sucked cause wiper arms have to come off,wiper motor,tray for wiper motor,upper intake,few hoses,3 pain in the as@ bolts you can't see just have to feel the 3 coil packs and strut bar to get to it.

Got it back apart in hour now got to get another gasket and reseal in the morning and clean all the oil off and give back tomorrow at 5pm. Sucks I know first hand and this is first time in over 16 years of working on cars!

So how do I get the oil off my concrete floor? I wiped it all up and cleaned it again with brake cleaner (yes I have over 70 can on hand ) So what can I do tomorrow to help if anything once suv is out of the garage?

I took it lite cause normal I would fly the hell off over it but for some reason I was claim tonight. Thanks for letting me vent here guys.

 

[Bent77]

Bwahaha!

Dang it

 

[brans87]

yeah is what is it is can only fix it.

 

[6872xtc]

Well I have been in the same situation several times in my life ! Yeah, it sucks , but you already said it, fix it and go on...
Good for you for handling it well! I think that it's one of the good parts of age and experience .

If your floor has no sealer on it, brake clean, lacquer thinner , or Castrol super clean. You may need something that doesn't evaporate quite as fast as brake clean, which is when I would try the other stuff.

 

[brans87]

Got all you recomm there so will give it a try. Guess can't complain if this is my first time for it!

 

[6872xtc]

That's definitely true!

 

[diesel4me]

I dump mineral spirits or gas on oil spills on my cement floor,then cover it with kitty litter or speedy-dri...let it sit awhile,then use a block of wood to grind the litter into dust--that usually gets as much of the oil out that is going to come out..

My 6.2 has a pretty bad oil leak ,possibly from the drivers side valve cover at the rear,right where it almost touches the firewall--I cant tell if the leak comes from the V/C or if the head has a crack in it--the oil pressure sender is bone dry,so is the lifter valley area..so I don't think its coming from there..looks like it oozes out between the head and block almost....there are no pressurized oil passages in the head gasket area or block though,so its possible the head has a crack from the oil return area down towards the oil filter..

I'm not about to attempt to take off the injector lines and risk them breaking,stripping threads,etc,then find out it IS a cracked head--the rate of leakage varies according to the weather--colder it gets,the less it leaks..
The oil pan has a few tubes of black RTV on top of fiberglass filler keeping the oil from oozing out a quart every week or so too..
I'm just going to drive it short distances only,and keep topping off the oil..and probably end up swapping the plates off the truck to something else for the winter to daily drive, and just plow my driveway with it..

I do not understand why they have to make a "simple" job like replacing a V/C gasket on many vehicles so dam difficult--later vehicles especially..the intake gaskets on GM V6 & V8's suck to replace too...

The best V/C design GM had was the Buick Nailhead V8's,the covers stood "straight up" and only had two center bolts holding the cover on--this design practically never leaked,because the oil did not run down towards the exhaust manifolds and puddle up,and find any minor gasket faults..and you could put a new gasket on it in like 5 minutes,if it was time for a new one..makes me wish I never sold my two '66 Buicks..