Driver's side Camcover Gasket

So oil was leaking from the cam cover to the exhaust manifold which can get rather unpleasant after a while as Levi found out on his trip back from NC. Looking from underneath this has been going on for a while as there is oil all down that side of the engine, it also managed to run down the steering shaft.

Ordered the 'kit' from 928 International, I could have bought gaskets for both sides but am trying to prioritize repairs so skipped that for the moment. 

• Remove air filter housing and protect the MAF, a plastic bag and rubber band suffices.

Here is a good shot of the MAF.

• Remove the ignition leads, careful leverage with a screwdriver and rag 'pops' the spark plug caps, the lead clamps were not bolted down to the cam covers so that made life easy for removal.

Ignition leads now removed

• Remove the hose from the inlet to the brake booster, mine were pretty hard looking and were retained by the crimp on style clamps. A visit to the local parts store with some generic breather hose and adjustable clamps was needed, easy and cheap replacement.
• Move vacuum lines out of the way, I unplugged the cruise control/vacuum reservoir connection and then placed behind the brake booster.
• A couple of extra steps I didn't realize had to be done :-) remove the 3 bolts holding the throttle bracket to the intake and place out of the way.

Throttle assembly now out of the way

• Remove engine hoist bracket, this is held in by 13mm bolts out of site.
• Now you are ready for the loosening of the camcover bolts, most are easy to get at but two of the bottom bolts are a real PITA, get your 5mm Hex key and take your time. Don;t bother removing the bolts they will come out with the camcover.
• With some wiggling remove the cover from the vehicle, look out for the spark plug seals as they tend to fall off, congratulate yourself, refitting is actually easier !!!

Picture of the exposed valve train

• Remove bolts from the cover and make sure you make a note of where they came from as there are different lengths.

	Here is the cover after the bolts have been removed, plenty grubby and in need of refinishing but that will have to wait.
	Here is how I kept the bolt location identified.

• Clean everything, including the gasket surface on the engine, mine had sealer on the corners.
• Remove the two plastic plugs which are held in place with a circlip, there is actually an o-ring on the plugs but my old ones were the same consistency as the plug !!!
• With replacement put the cover back on minus the bolts, then put the bolts back where they came from with the associated new rubber seal.

	Nearly finished .....
	New hoses and clamps to finish it all off.

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