I own a 2003 Vibe GT that's been leaking oil under engine toward passenger side. Dealership told me it was the valve cover gasket, so I ordered one from autogeek.
Going to do the repair myself with help from a friend. Any pointers on how to do this repair and any idiosyncrasies involved? Much appreciated, Suzanne
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tpollauf
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Welcome to GenVibe Suzanne 
Can't help you much here as I have a LOW mileage 2009 and no repairs should need to be done to it for at least a decade or so 
Others here will chime in and offer support. You've made a wise choice in getting the Vibe. Good luck 
Can't help you much here as I have a LOW mileage 2009 and no repairs should need to be done to it for at least a decade or so Others here will chime in and offer support. You've made a wise choice in getting the Vibe. Good luck 2009 Vibe GT (manual), 2009 G8Gt, 2009 Vibe GT (auto)
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Post count +1 then, huh?tpollauf wrote:Welcome to GenVibe Suzanne
Its pretty easy to do. Its just a bunch of 10mm (iirc) bolts around the perimeter of the valve cover. You'll also have to undo the 4 coilpacks....its the same 10mm size
I had to take my valve cover off to swap out the exhaust manifold last month....took me about 10min to take it off.
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Why?thebarber wrote:I had to take my valve cover off to swap out the exhaust manifold last month....took me about 10min to take it off.
I did mine without having to remove anything, including the engine cover. Well, ok, I took off the strut tower bar, but, that was because I'm a big dude. LOL
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Welcome to GenVibe! I too am not very familiar with the 1st gen (2003-2008) Vibes as I also own a 2009, but I just wanted to say welcome and post some pictures of your Vibe when you get a chance .
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. Completely unneccesary (and rude) commentthebarber wrote:Post count +1 then, huh?
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2zzge?hotbug1776 wrote:Why?thebarber wrote:I had to take my valve cover off to swap out the exhaust manifold last month....took me about 10min to take it off.
I did mine without having to remove anything, including the engine cover. Well, ok, I took off the strut tower bar, but, that was because I'm a big dude. LOL