89 Accord LX - camshaft cover won't come off!

Edison Carasio · Post by **Edison Carasio** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:38 pm

I was trying to remove the camshaft cover / valve cover or whatever this weekend and the damn thing wouldn't budge. I need to replace the valve cover gasket. Here's what I did:

Remove air cleaner housing mounting from top of cover

remove the three crown nuts and washers and the grounding wire from the top of the cover

Disconnected the ventilation house from the thing sticking outta the cover

Removed two bolts holding the cam gear cover on

After doing all of this, it still wouldn't move. What did I do wrong?

Clayton · Post by **Clayton** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:45 pm

didnt hit it with a mallet

Edison Carasio · Post by **Edison Carasio** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:23 pm

I'll try that if I have enough daylight left when I get home. Thanks! I guess it's stuck due to all the oil and the gasket going bad?

luvmyhondas · Post by **luvmyhondas** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:57 pm

plus, most folks will put a few dabs of 'sillycone' in the corners around the cam arches. that stuff is kinda sticky.

nomocars23 · Post by **nomocars23** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:33 pm

yeah if its carb'd u have to take off the air filter asymb it should just pop off dont be afraid to hit it with a rubber mallet either cant hurt it... lol and like ^^^^^ said using silicon like the person before you did makes it stick a llittle bit more just use some elbow grease and it will for sure come offf!

Edison Carasio · Post by **Edison Carasio** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:23 pm

I got it off. I had to grab it with some pliers at the arc near the cam gear and yank it up really hard. I put the new gasket it but I can't tell if it's still leaking or not since there's so much old oil on the exhaust side of things. Should I have used the sealer to hold the gasket to the cover? I just seated it in there and put it back on real careful, and then replaced the grommets on top.

So I guess I'm gonna have to run to Advanced or Autozone and get some gasket sealer/silicone or something from the way it sounds?