Monte Carlo & Lumina Since the 1970s, the Monte Carlo has been an icon of American stock car racing. A 4-door version, the Lumina, was produced in the late 90's.
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1992 chevy lumina has an oil leak and i think that it is coming from the valve covers

Old Sep 2, 2009 | 5:54 PM
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Default 1992 chevy lumina has an oil leak and i think that it is coming from the valve covers

like i said the oil leak i think is coming from the valve cover does anyone have this problem with their 90-94 lumina 3.1
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 9:36 PM
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Valve cover gaskets can fail. Just change the gasket. It'll take you an hour tops if you know what you are doing and there isn't a birdnest of brittle vacuum lines laying on top of it.
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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put some new valve cover gaskets on it and check out the distributor port/cap the ring might be out mine was leaking but i got it fixd. use mr gasket valve cover gaskets the first set i used were some cheapo brand and they lasted a month or so.
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