Rocker arm cover oil leak...

[Edmond]

I can see some weepage from the front cover and the rear cover. The rear appears to be worse than the front. It appears that the gasket is giving out.

It looks like the front is pretty easy to do.

Has anyone done the rear rocker arm cover? It looks like there is a lot of crap to take off to get to the cover. Looks like I'll have to take the intake off along with all the associated connections and hoses.

I'm assuming that gaskets for this shouldn't be too expensive. Am I right?

[amerikim]

I was looking into it but shelved it till spring or until I get a heated garage and a few days off. Looks like the gaskets are about $60 a piece and I was looking at the rubber doohickeys too. I am running slightly different v6 but we have the same problems. Also since we have the intake runners coming off, I need to get price on those gaskets too. This is fast turning into an expensive job. I am just wondering if I should just bag it and send it in for a valve job next year and have them swap gaskets then.

[Edmond]

Are those $60 gaskets OE or aftermarket stuff?

How much work is it? It looks like there are a lot of things to disconnect. I don't think it's bad enough where I have to refill the oil between changes but it's something that I would like to take care of.