Bolts all loose on the valve cover, what does this cause?

[Luvtohunt]

Noticed a bad oil drip on under my MJ, got to checking and realized all the valve cover bolts were very loose. Other than the obvious oil leak, what other issues will/did this cause.

 

thank you for your information.

[Pete M]

Have you done any work to the valve cover recently?

[jtdesigns]

Noticed a bad oil drip on under my MJ, got to checking and realized all the valve cover bolts were very loose. Other than the obvious oil leak, what other issues will/did this cause.

 

thank you for your information.

It'll cause THIS!!!!!!

[jtdesigns]

The only thing that would happen, would be the loss of oil.

[Luvtohunt]

The only thing that would happen, would be the loss of oil.

 

 

Thank you, I was hoping it may have also contributed to the blow by I am having. The truck only has 78,500 miles on it.

 

Thank you for the information.

[Akula69]

Noticed a bad oil drip on under my MJ, got to checking and realized all the valve cover bolts were very loose. Other than the obvious oil leak, what other issues will/did this cause.

 

thank you for your information.

 

 

It would cause me to yell at the person who left them loose, if it were my truck :cheers:

[jtdesigns]

The only thing that would happen, would be the loss of oil.

 

 

Thank you, I was hoping it may have also contributed to the blow by I am having. The truck only has 78,500 miles on it.

 

Thank you for the information.

If anything it would eliminate any blow-by,, well not eliminate but instead of the blow-by going through the ccv system it'd be pushing right into the environment. But, the VC would have to be so lose that an actual gap was present. Blow-by is caused from the air from compression/combustion cycles leaking mostly by the piston rings, or even valve seals.

[tazjeeper]

I changed the valvecover gasket about 2 months back and just had to snug the bolts up today as the are all loose on the xj. but hay the last one I owned it was just something I did once a month like everything elts. cheak oil, tires, lube joints, tighten valvecover, wash ( maybe) lube door handels, ect, ect, ect............