MegaTRon

I have a MY06 and i'm having a hard time taking off the valve cover. removed everything listed in the manual and ive been rocking the valve cover back and forth with no help. I triple checked and all the necessary bolts are removed. Is it suppose to be this hard to remove the valve cover??

jc2078

Did you remove the 5 rubber seals/washers that go around the bolts? If you take them off it will be much easier to remove the cover. I figured that out the hard way..

MegaTRon

Yeah. I made sure to remove those with the rubber seals.

jc2078

You did remove the sparkplugs right?

I read somewhere that hitting the cover side to side with a rubber mallet could loosen it, if you want to try that. When I removed mine i used a screw driver to pry it apart a little and then it just came right off. But if you do that you could chip the red paint a little

oneandonlyjuarez

Sometimes you just need a can of man, i had the same problem. Because of the compression and the heat that sucker will be stuck on there, wiggle it back and forth. I stood on the passenger side and grabed it with both hands and wiggled it back and forth from the driver side to passenger side. Make sure you double check that all bolts are off.

dwight

On another car, the valve cover was stuck on. I put a shop towel against the valve cover and struck it with a dead blow hammer.

Again, as previous stated, make sure all fasteners, spark plugs, etc are removed before applying force.

oneandonlyjuarez

telling you just grab that thing like a football and go for the strip!!! Good luck let us know what you did, or if you missed something.

s2000maniac

There is no Need to remove the spark plugs. Sparks plugs have nothing to do with the valve cover being tight. OP, just get a rubber hummer and tap the valve cover lightly.

realblag

If it is rocking around, then the gasket against the head has already turned loose. The only things left are the plug tube seals. You will need to pull straight up with force and it will come off. Pulling it sideways will not lift it over the tubes and you will probably bend or dislodge the tubes from the head.

darcyw

i used a plastic trim removal tool (its made of plastic too so it won't mar the aluminum head) and gently pried between the valve cover and head. easy does it and it will slowly come loose. Then lift up as noted above.

good luck.
darcy