1.6 dohc gasket

willisww · Post by **willisww** » February 20th, 2006, 5:55 pm

sweet. thanks tunes i appreciate it. also a few minutes ago i went to the engine. turned it over. VIN on the block says 94. so no worries. im at ease about the b6/bp thing. i looked at rock auto. 230 for full kit.

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » February 20th, 2006, 6:02 pm

$230 for a full kit or a head kit? $230 for a head gasket kit seems wayyy too much.. lemme take a look.. if nothing else I can get you the phone # for the parts store here where I got mine. They are called Action Auto Parts. Small local chain of them in the seattle/everett WA area. I'll see what I can dig up. Cheers

Tunes67

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » February 20th, 2006, 6:12 pm

Yeah that $230 was for a full engine gasket kit. Is that what you are looking for? Or were you looking for a Cylinder Head Gasket Kit? Rockauto lists the Cylinder head kit at $180. Which still seems spendy to me. Here is the info for the store where I got my kit a year ago. Dunno if they will ship it.. but if they will.. you can save a few bucks...

Action Auto Parts: Richmond Highlands Store - 10 miles N - 17010 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 98133 - (206) 546-4818

I didnt see a 800 number.. so unless you have vonage or a cell wlth no long distance charges.. it might get spendy on the phone though.

Tunes

WingleBeast · Post by **WingleBeast** » March 2nd, 2006, 1:09 pm

am i right to assume a cylinder head cover is the same as a valve cover?

i just want to paint the valve cover, so i dont want a whole gasket set, i just need the 10 dollar gasket right?

netcom · Post by **netcom** » March 9th, 2006, 5:35 pm

A cylinder head gasket and a valve cover gasket are two different things. A head gasket goes between the block and the heads, a valve cover gasket goes between heads and the valve cover.

netcom · Post by **netcom** » March 9th, 2006, 5:37 pm

Tunes67 wrote:
The last month or so of production in '93 had the DOHC.
Wouldnt that still make the car a 94 as far as year of sale? I mean.. my car has a build date of 11/93.. but the title of the car shows that the year is a 1994. Just curious.

Tunes67

As a general rule of thumb, a production car built July or later in a year will be the next years model. (ie. built 09/05 = a 96 vehicle)

WingleBeast · Post by **WingleBeast** » March 9th, 2006, 7:34 pm

not a cylinder head gasket, a cilinder head COVER gasket. the manual lists the part as a cylinder head cover, but the auto parts lists it as a valve cover gasket

Knightrider · Post by **Knightrider** » March 23rd, 2006, 11:05 pm

Valve cover or Head cover, it's the cheap rubber one that you can purchase at almost any car parts store (even Canadian Tire should have them). I've change quite a few on my Mazda trucks and they are pretty straight forward and inexpensive to do yourself. As for the Head gasket, that's a completely other story and requires quite a bit of knowledge and skill to pull the top end off (often referred to as a top-end re-build or top over-haul). Good luck. I'm going to do mine pretty soon myself, since it's leaking a bit of oil all down my engine. I don't think I'll paint my cover, but would like to polish it up a bit ( I like a little bling-bling without going too far).........LOL Take some before & after pics and post em up!!!!

Cheers.......
Steve

neutral · Post by **neutral** » March 26th, 2006, 9:02 am

WingleBeast wrote:am i right to assume a cylinder head cover is the same as a valve cover?

i just want to paint the valve cover, so i dont want a whole gasket set, i just need the 10 dollar gasket right?

yup