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Valve Cover/Gaskets - Cost Effective Fix?
I know there are threads on this, but wanted to gather up thoughts in one place. No oil leaking onto the floor yet, but I want to get this addressed soon.
I'm not trying to "cheap out" on the car by not doing an entire valve cover replacement, I just think it's unnecessary for me to do on a car I'll be driving 3k-5k miles a year and will probably never have to deal with the valve covers leaking again during my ownership once I have it taken care of.
I got quoted over $2k from one of my go-to mechanics as he wouldn't do just the gasket. So no, entire valve cover replacement being more expensive than RB's is not in my plans and seems stupid.
Just the gaskets are a possibility of course, but have read that it will just happen again. Would this be a "time" or a "use" thing? If in 2 years it's leaking again, maybe I screwed up.
Also have read sandblasting which seems to work pretty well as the in between just doing gaskets, and replacing them entirely? Might even work better since replacing them will leave the same issue down the line (again, not my problem since I don't see my putting another 70k miles on my car)
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