# Valve Cover/Header Removal
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [January 22, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429 "2007-01-22T13:27:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@JonnyAZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JonnyAZ)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/1 "2007-01-22T13:27:52Z")
I am going to be taking off my valve cover to paint it and replacing my header on my 94 gsr motor. Anyone have any hints or advice before I do it this week??? Thanks
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### Author:  [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/2 "2007-01-22T15:05:50Z")
Spray the header bolts with pb blaster a day or so before you do it. Also remove the brackets under the motor and where the header bolts to the 2pipe…thing, lol. I had to grind mine off because they were rusted so bad.
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### Author:  [@4x4jimmy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4x4jimmy)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/3 "2007-01-22T15:22:34Z")
yea, dont crack the header or bolts, it sucks. if u do crack the bolts, and you drill them out, i have a tap and die set u can use
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### Author:  [@Estorvito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Estorvito)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/4 "2007-01-22T15:35:43Z")
dont forget to remove/unplug the o2 sensor.
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### Author:  [@JonnyAZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JonnyAZ)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/5 "2007-01-22T21:17:12Z")
of course…
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### Author:  [@JonnyAZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JonnyAZ)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/6 "2007-01-22T21:18:36Z")
does anyone know where I have to put the gasket sealer stuff on the valve cover gasket when im putting it back on??? I’m not sure exactly where… thanks
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### Author:  [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/7 "2007-01-22T21:39:54Z")
ya dont bother! if you are seriously asking how to take a valve cover off you shouldnt bother. you dont need gasket sealer on a valve cover, its just going to make a mess
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### Author:  [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/8 "2007-01-23T05:23:38Z")
mr gasket is not a sealer buy the oem gasket for the valve cover. those are the 2 easiest things someone can do and ur asking for help. there should be a law enforcement agency that stops stupid people from working on there cars
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2007, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/9 "2007-01-23T07:21:14Z")
Don’t lose the bolts? :gotme:
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### Author:  [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2007, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/10 "2007-01-23T08:28:59Z")
You know how many times I have dropped the exhaust nuts into the engine compartment, to be lost forever in the abyss?
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### Author:  [@Jskrapper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jskrapper)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2007, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/11 "2007-01-23T08:42:27Z")
I use black or grey silicone on just a few corners of the gasket so it stays in the valve cover while putting it on.
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### Author:  [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/12 "2007-01-23T09:48:13Z")
> [@Jskrapper](#):
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> I use black or grey silicone on just a few corners of the gasket so it stays in the valve cover while putting it on.
^^^^^^^^^ good tip…i did that when i put the VC Gaskets on my dads 66 Ford…helped alot
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### Author:  [@JonnyAZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JonnyAZ)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/13 "2007-01-23T21:27:09Z")
Sometimes not everything is obvious, no shame in asking for advice from people who have done it b4… especially if you never have and you’re doing it yourself… and I was told I needed to put gasket sealer on so ease up
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### Author:  [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/14 "2007-01-23T21:44:20Z")
> [@sureshot007](#):
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> You know how many times I have dropped the exhaust nuts into the engine compartment, to be lost forever in the abyss?
one time i dropped a spark plug into the space between the intake manifold and valve cover on my vr… never found it. i just bought a new spark plug
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### Author:  [@JuicedDakotaRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JuicedDakotaRT)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/15 "2007-01-23T22:39:25Z")
my best friend had a chevy C-10 with a 350 we worked on a few years ago. the wing nut for his air filter vibrated off and into the carbeurator. his engine didnt like it
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### Author:  [@99\_civic\_si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99_civic_si)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/valve-cover-header-removal/23429/16 "2007-01-24T06:15:19Z")
aircraft remover to get all the old coating off the valve cover.