Anybody know the socket size and if you have to remove the coil covers to get to them?Last weekend I took a trip to Tail of the Dragon. What a wonderful and great trip it was, especially in my new 5.0! At least until day 3 of the trip when I started the car in the morning to warm it up and was met with smoke from under the hood and the strong odor of burning oil.
At first, I could not figure out what the cause of this was. I checked my oil, it was about 1 to 1.5 quarts low. Topped it off and went on my way after she stopped smoking. Next morning, same issue. I get the car up on jack stands, crawl under and am met with a decent amount of oil coming down the side of the bell housing and also running down the exhaust and dripping off the header on bank 2.
I spent the next couple minutes trying to pinpoint where this oil was coming from. It seemed like it was coming from the corner of the valve cover so I went top side to check the bolts and sure enough the bolt on the corner closest to the firewall was completely loose. Of course there was no room for tools in this area of the engine so I spend the next 15 minutes making slow progress by tightening the bolt with a small wrench. After getting the bolt all tight and cleaning the oil, my problem went away.
I took the car to the dealership this morning to document my issue and have a tech check over everything. He confirmed it was no longer leaking oil but they did order me a new valve cover gasket.
10mm & no the coil covers can stay in place. However, it's easier to just snap the covers off and get a bit more room for your arm.
They probably think someone spilled some oil when doing an oil change.
Yes. There is nothing about performing your own maintenance that voids an unrelated issue covered by warranty.
Remove the belly pan, then use some aluminum foil to keep the oil from puking all over stuff below it, and direct it into the drain pan.
...Bingo.
Lol, you can even see it in GT Pony's image up there. The oil is draining nicely off of the filter and then the foil gets in the way....Bingo.
Just looked up this thread today after I noted puffs of oil-smelling smoke after coming to a stop on the freeway. Absolutely thought it was related to hot/cold cycle... did anyone at the dealer say anything about that?
