I'm looking to paint my valve cover, but I'm wanting to know, do I need to get a new gasket if I take off the valve cover?

Thanks!

 

By valve cover, are you referring to the thing that says VVT-I on it?

 

Its not a "real" valve cover, its just an engine cover, no gasket is used. You are talking about the black VVT-I cover right?

 

No, I'm talking about the actual valve cover that's under the plastic engine spark plug cover.

 

just to be on the safe side, yes... you'll need a new gasket

 

yeah new gasket is prolly like 10 bucks or so if that

 

Cool, thanks.

 

I would say it depends on how it's made. I had a friend who had an old Celica and it had a hard rubber gasket that didn't need to be replaced. The valve cover just protects the valves and keeps oil from spraying everywhere so it doesn't need much.

 

yeah helped a friend paint his valve cover red (cheap+rice way to make your integra LS look like a type-r)

we re-used the gasket and used some gasket maker for every "corner" of the engine.

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