Valve cover gaskets for the Sport

[rasmeidirt]

I have checked all the sites you provided with the felpro valve cover gasket set.
Unfortunately, they do not ship to Cambodia!

[fixkick]

I have checked all the sites you provided with the felpro valve cover gasket set.
Unfortunately, they do not ship to Cambodia!

well that be different, parts are found by country.
if not found in a country then you must find stores that sell internationally.,
many don't, most don't here due to ,
1: no way to track it. (big time loss the the bottom line that)
2: not willing to fight customs, rules, and paper work, "red tape we call this"


sealants are just like that pdF tells you the FSM does not skip steps.
page 2, says, use sealant 99000-31150
this matches the pan sealant that is also called RTV (0xygen sensor safe)
ok? all auto stores sell autotmotive RTV sealants, and comes in colors the correct color is that which says, Oxygen sensor safe, no matter who(brand) makes it
the page 2 also shows how to do it and the amount. did you not read page 2?

[fixkick]

in your case buy what ever.
and you tell us what works or not?? Can change in blink of eye, no?
try to know that things like:

buying from unknown source, vast problems, no? amazon or ebay for example you have no idea at all where something came from
could be:
used,
new,
counterfeit
wrong part in right box. or just wrong.
New old stock and the sealant is now old and dry, or just bad.
or from some guys attic from 10 years ago.
not only that, some send you parts from China, (amazon hell) and no clue buying it, that its a 30+ day delivery, making the project , endless pain,..... down time.....

mail order is YMMV. (your mileage my vary) or expect to be disappointed,

[rasmeidirt]

Thanks for the responses.

I would like to tell you about the background of this Sport's timing chain. It has been a little noisy hot, just a little, for years, even since 2005. If you drive it for one hour, it would get quiet. Sometimes I want this engine to break. Amazingly, it has just refused to break!!

I always take care very much of engine oil, 10w40 with proper level and new oil.

I will not hurry to change the new chains until I get a new set of valve cover gaskets.

[fixkick]

Thanks for the responses.

I would like to tell you about the background of this Sport's timing chain. It has been a little noisy hot, just a little, for years, even since 2005. If you drive it for one hour, it would get quiet. Sometimes I want this engine to break. Amazingly, it has just refused to break!!

I always take care very much of engine oil, 10w40 with proper level and new oil.

I will not hurry to change the new chains until I get a new set of valve cover gaskets.

how may miles on this current CHAIN.?
most last 250k miles if oil changed at correct times.
its not just chain its the guides and hydr. tension'ers
can't tell you the many times , my good chains failed with bad hydra, tension'er

if the change breaks, the valves bend.
no one wants that.
it's an interference DOHC engine.
sure some get lucky and there is no damage, (as they say luck happens)
some DOHC are ok as long as the cam to cam chain does not jump, on those the intakes hit exhaust valves.
the beauty here is no 60k belt swaps over and over, the chains can go a very long distance.
It's a nice engine really.

[rasmeidirt]

Thanks for the responses.

I would like to tell you about the background of this Sport's timing chain. It has been a little noisy hot, just a little, for years, even since 2005. If you drive it for one hour, it would get quiet. Sometimes I want this engine to break. Amazingly, it has just refused to break!!

I always take care very much of engine oil, 10w40 with proper level and new oil.

I will not hurry to change the new chains until I get a new set of valve cover gaskets.

how may miles on this current CHAIN.?
most last 250k miles if oil changed at correct times.
its not just chain its the guides and hydr. tension'ers
can't tell you the many times , my good chains failed with bad hydra, tension'er

if the change breaks, the valves bend.
no one wants that.
it's an interference DOHC engine.
sure some get lucky and there is no damage, (as they say luck happens)
some DOHC are ok as long as the cam to cam chain does not jump, on those the intakes hit exhaust valves.
the beauty here is no 60k belt swaps over and over, the chains can go a very long distance.
It's a nice engine really.

Hi, since my speedometer, odometer and trip meter have stopped working at 10K miles, I really don't know how many more miles after this!
The sound of the chains have not changed otherwise it makes me worried about.
I still don't even know why the auto gears still shift as if the speedometer has still worked as normal.

Regarding the valve cover gaskets, I do not know any other ways beside ordering them by Ebay in the next few days! due to they ship to Cambodia.
Thanks,

[fixkick]

redux to 2 topics
noise
and
VSS

they are unrelated, but no problem with that.

[fixkick]

You forgot to say CEL is stuck on driving, or OD flashes?
short answer. VSS (veh, speed sensors, there are 2)
car has 2 vss,
the ECU and TCM can use either, both ECU and TCM when scanned tell you , when either are bad, (CEL glows, od lashes , scans told you this)
is the odometer dead too? if it dies the VSS1 in the head dies with it, and is most times a bad speed cable if both die (needle dead and odometer dead)
snapped cable cause 3 failures, VSS/needle mph/odometer. (can be the end of cable , clip broken , and is common)
if only the needle is dead, only, then the other 2 do work ok. see, the needle is magnetically driven, and can JAM and not effect the other parts that are pure raw mechanical drive.
easy no?> there are 3 things running off 1 cable, so monitoring all 3 , tells you what's up.

the TCM will use VSS1 and VSS2, if one fails, this is normal fall back logic,. in the 2 brains. (engine brain and tranny shifter brain) if the TCM cant see either VSS at all, it cant auto-shift, ever. (one more lil, clue)
on newer cars they do not use a speed head VSS, so have no backup. and cant auto shift when bad.
and the PCM sends constant errors for VSS as does the TCM.

chains are a unrelated topic, and next.

here is small pdf , showing both sensors. from the SPORT schematics, seen on mitchells.

http://jeepdied.com/look/24hr/96ab.pdf

[fixkick]

chains topic.
use a stethoscope($5 tool) and listen on top of valve cover , if noise is there, its HLAs
if noise is on front cover its chain noise or WHIP.
easy no?

all stores sell this, tool, auto and harbor freight.
it works best as it cuts out all shop noise, and lets you hear only the probe point noise.
works wonders. for me.
and I have the electronic version too, that is the Bees Knees.

[fixkick]

you drive this 600 miles a week
or 1 to 3 miles?