Twas a scary sight...I woke up this morning only and noticed some brownish stuff running down my bumper and a lil on top of my hood. I though someone like my mother spilled coffee on my car or i hit something the night before..

I begin to clean it off with a rag, and when i smelt it to see what it was..... OIL!!!! I open my hood quickly only to find motor oil all under my hood and all over the place...

I try to figure out where it came from..

On my valve cover...where there is about 6 bolts, each with a cap before the head to cover the valve cover holes... one bolt on the lower right hand, nearest to the dipstick was missing...

I look closer and notice the bolt that WAS supposed to be there, had stripped off inside...

In the mean time i plugged the whole with a rubber peice to keep oil from coming out...I drove it a few more times ( after putting oil in of course ) and no more oil is spraying out...

Just curious to as what I should do next..

 

Dahm Thats sucks I would try to get a small drill bit and try to take the rest of the screw out . And if its not the screw and the hole is stripped just get a bigger screw and drive it in there .

 

dont just drive in a bigger screw.....if the thing is stripped re-tap the hole and fit the proper threaded bolt into it....threading as you try to force a bigger bolt in isnt really the way to go

 

To do it correctly, take it to a shop. They will fix it right the first time. No screwing around, no worries. DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME OR DON'T DO IT AT ALL!!!

 

Yeah or that ! :thumbup:

 

 

this happened to me recently, when i was having my valve cover powdercoated. when i got it back, and was putting it on, i over-tightened one of the bolts and it broke off leaving half of the bolt recessed and out of reach. when i drove it some oil did come out. i took it to a shop, they drilled out the remaining bolt, put a new one in and wah-la!
parts- $4
Labor-1hour (around $700

 

edit: hour of labor - around $70

 

its easy just use a narrow flat head screwdriver and tap it to create a small slot then just unscrew it out. it happened to me cause of overtightening also.