Valve Cover Leak

[Gunman]

95Q, 91k miles, Calif. car

Valve covers have slight leak (closing in on 100k, so it's about that time). Just want to make sure as I head down this path, that I'm including all the other services that make sense to eliminate extra service hours. Tried to pull list below from various other posts -- just want to make sure I've been sufficiently thorough.

WORK LIST:

* Valve cover reseal (the starting point)

* Replace under-plenum hoses (didn't Joe used to have full kits for all these on the web site? I can only find 90-93, no mention of 95.)

* Knock sensors (measure resistance? check for heat damage? or just replace as long as we're there? what about the harness?)

* EGR gasket and cleaning?

* TB gasket and cleaning?

* Rail flush?

* Thoughts on having the plugs replaced as long as the plenum is off (last done at 60k)?

* Thoughts on having the injectors replaced as long as the plenum is off (or just have them measured)?

I'm also in the hunt for a shop, as the dealer is way overpriced for stuff like this ($109/hr, quoting $1100 for the valve cover reseal). Wouldn't mind doing it myself, but time is at a premium these days, and I just don't have a full weekend to spare.

Wes (elwesso), a few months back, you posted you were headed down this same route. I never found a completion note, and your web site doesn't have a write-up. Is it still on the "to-do" list, or has it been done without finishing a write-up?

Brian (maxnix) posted a complete list of hoses (thanks). Not sure I'm inclined to go that far, unless CW of the site is it's best approach.

Thanks,Gunman

[911/Q45]

Replace all the hoses, the one you skip will be the one that fails and you'll have to pull everything apart again.

[cweberj30t]

This might help:

http://www.nissaninfiniticlub....42540

[elwesso]

Gunman,If you wait a few weeks, Ill have my write up done..... Im doing it over christmas, and I should be getting my new KS this week (see my new thread in the infiniti general section).... I found a great deal!!

BTW.... Ill be covering everything and more in my writeup..... If you didnt live on the other side of the country, id encourage you to bring your Q to indiana and we could make a party out of it!!!!!!

Inspect your hoses.... I have had many hoses (PCV, air, and coolant) and all of them look fine, not in need of replacement........ I have to do some more research, but at this point I dont think it needs to happen!!

[VimyJ]

Elwesso,

Visual inspection on 9 or 10 year old hoses will not give you their true state of condition. They rot from the inside out. While you're in there, you might as well change the hoses.