oil pan gasket is on the bottom of the engine. valve cover gasket is on to of the engineWhat is the difference between a oil pan gasket %26amp; a valve cover gasket?
The main difference is that the valve cover gasket is visible from the top of the engine compartment and covers the rocker arms valve springs etc (the top of the engine) the oil pan gasket is visible from underneath the car and it covers the crankshaft (the bottom of the engine). Both have equal chances of leaking but if the mechanic is trying to sell you both of them at the same time, they may just be trying to cover all of the bases- i would probably start with the highest leak which is probably also the cheaper of the 2 which would be the valve cover gasket.
The oil pan gasket is a gasket over the oil pan. The oil pan is located under the engine. It usually a bulky, square looking compartment and oil is drained by a bolt attached to the bottom of the oil pan The valve cover is on top of the engine (depending on the engine it may have two). A gasket prevents these from leaking. If they are not leaking they do not need to be replaced. That said, if the valve cover or oil pan are being removed because they must to be removed in order to make a repair, the gasket needs to be replaced whether it's leaking or not.
An oilpan gasket is the seal between the bottom of the engine block and the oil pan. The valvecover gasket is the seal between the valve cover and the cylinder head. If either are leaking, you'll have a puddle under your car every time you park it. If the valvecover gasket is leaking, you may have an oil burning smell from oil dripping on the exhaust manifold. Either way, you have to fix the leak. How much oil do you go through every day?
Oil pan is on the bottom of the engine, and the valve covers are on the top and cover the valve train. If you are leaking oil, I would do the valve cover first, since it is on the top of the engine, and may make it look like the oil pan gasket is leaking even though it is not. However, both may be leaking.
valve cover gasket is on the ';valves'; - the valves are on the engine itself. You may be leaking there too.. Both this question, and your oil pan gasket question make me think you have an older car, or live in a dry climate. If either the valve cover gasket or the oil pan gasket were bad you'd see visible signs of it.. ESPECIALLY in the case of the oil pan..
the location on the engine
pan is on the bottom of the engine, valve cover is on the top. on a v8 there are 2 valve covers,
on a 4 cyl there is i valve cover
oil pan gasket is on the botom of the engine valve cover gasket is on top of engine if there both leaking then yea get both fixed
Prior posters are correct about location of the gaskets. It is not that expensive to replace both at the same time rather than make two trips to the garage.
oil pan is under your car and the valve cover gasket is ontop of the car were the spark plugs sit right above
Popeye is correct.
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