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Old 05-04-2015, 08:28 AM
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I am having a slight oil leak from the valve cover on my 3.8. It is leaking on the manifold, adn I am worried about a fire. Sombody told me they thought they had a recall on this that year for this very reason. Does anybody have any info on this.
 
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Apparently this recall repair is GM adding 2 spark plug wire separators up front. Here is a link for information. Have heard this is a pretty useless repair.

GM recalling 1.4 million passenger cars over potential engine fires
 
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Old 05-04-2015, 10:30 AM
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Looks like the recal does not cover the actual valve cover gasket, plus looks like recall has already been done on mine. Good thing I got a 3 month warrenty on the car when I bought it. To the dealer it will go to have it fixed.
 
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