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Author Message   Mike H Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 05:32 pm:    My 97 D1 is starting to leak like a girl on the rag. Who makes the best replacement seal for a Valve Cover Gasket & Rear Main Engine Seal? Also is this something a novice can replace on my own? Mike   r0ver4x4 Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 05:32 pm:    Tampax   Bill Bettridge (Billb) Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 05:41 pm:    Rear main is a bitch of a job (#3 on mine - now I just add oil) - if you consider dropping the exhaust, the tranny, and the oil pan fair game - then you can do a rear main. If not, just add oil. Rocker cover gaskets are easy to do, just a pain to get to. Lots of stuff like the top of the intake to remove. Bill   Phillip Perkinson (R0ver4x4) Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 05:46 pm:    somebody is going to the dealer   Mike H Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 07:05 pm:    I think I'll continue like Bills been doing and adding more oil ;) Are there any replacement gaskets better and more durable then the factory ones? The dealer wants a ton of $$ to fix this which I'd rather spend on a a suspension upgrade. I'm manily worried if htye are leaking water might be getting in when I play in the mud.   Dee Cantrell (Disco_Dad) Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 04:15 pm:    Use the newer valve cover gasket, it is rubber and has brass inserts for the screw holes Dee [email protected] Discount Rovers.com   Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 05:26 pm:    Oh brother   Disco_Dad Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 07:32 pm:    Dean Does the idea of a better alternative disgust your sensibilities. Why the Oh brother, the old cork one was superceded by newer rubber one. I have seen some cheeper ones with out the brass insert and it sill compress too much when installed   Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Posted on Saturday, March 02, 2002 - 08:31 am:    No I was talking about the title of the thread - I mean this is kind of a family site right?   Disco_Dad Posted on Saturday, March 02, 2002 - 12:40 pm:    Oh the Rag thing, I get it.