Valve Cover Gaskets

Climber1

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Jan 23, 2024
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Vancouver,BC
Is it necessary to remove the intake to change the valve cover gaskets on a 2004 Landrover Discovery 2. The valve cover gaskets were changed about 20,000 miles ago and they are leaking again.
 

StangGT5

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Feb 4, 2019
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Atlanta, GA
Yes. You can access the outside bolts without removing the upper intake/plenum, and it sometimes helps to retorque those bolts every now and then.

If you redo the gaskets, consider putting a THIN film of black RTV around the mating surfaces of the gaskets.