How to Fix Leaking Valve Cover Gaskets on a Ferrari F430

[@michaeleisenberg9176]

This is what separates you from the other dealerships. You actually care about your customers and are willing to fix the things that are wrong with the cars before selling it to them. Appreciate you and had a great time visiting your dealership during the grand opening. By the way, I did have an opportunity to sit in this car, and it is beautiful.

[@normalguysupercar]

Thank you very much

[@Joe_CT]

Super impressed you could do the gaskets yourself. My old F430 Spider was leaking when I had it and never would have attempted this myself.

[@normalguysupercar]

It's a pain in the butt

[@jessicamiranda3978]

I like how your showing the time laps of work done on the vehicle’s 👍👍👍

[@normalguysupercar]

Thank you

[@RB22959]

I appreciate all the cool content. You guys actually fix these cars, and get them to an optimal shape, so what you resell it, you’re NOT screwing your customers. You guys have respect !!👍✌️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@normalguysupercar]

Thank you

[@tg_ny]

Dan, seeing you guys working in the shop, the place looks absolutely fantastic. A suggestion about the TV - make sure all of your electronics at work and at home are plugged into surge protectors. You don’t have to go crazy, decent isobar or apc units will protect the electronics from surges which occur when lightning strikes nesrby. I started doing this in 1991 and haven’t had a problem with failures like that since I did it.

[@normalguysupercar]

I think this was certainly a manufacturing defect. But yes I'll need to get a surge protector

[@jackdale9249]

they have whole house surge protectors @@normalguysupercar

[@chrisparker4940]

Thank you for all the great F430 mechanical content!!

[@normalguysupercar]

Our pleasure!

[@johnforeman634]

Exactly! I’m so happy that Dan had that 430 early on and took the time to do lots of DIY projects on it. I’ve got the spider and it’s helped me big time.

[@ducknorris233]

I really like it when you can see the engine through the deck glass but am conflicted with the the C8 knowing I’m looking at a engine cover.

[@normalguysupercar]

Yeah

[@jackdale9249]

they sell a glass cover aftermarket ! for C-8 !

[@cobra1010]

Hello Dan, wow, so much perseverance! You do a fantastic job. This is not easy work! Well done!

[@normalguysupercar]

Thanks 👍

[@ndpesicgroup]

Great work !!! I still get disoriented by all those hose lines...

[@normalguysupercar]

Lol yeah. The good news is we weren't disconnecting them, just moving out of the way.

[@jackdale9249]

so you did not lose fluid , have to bleed etc ! @@normalguysupercar

[@RStandsForRace]

Cool car.

[@normalguysupercar]

Thank you

[@jackdale9249]

you could try what I am doing : is modifying a stand-up truck creeper. kind of like a cot you can walk up to then it folds down 90 deg we are cutting it down -it is too tall- making it a little height adjustable so you can lie down on your stomach and reach down to work on the car engine ! ( from ABOVE ! ) it's pretty comfortable! cantilevered over the fenders, engine ! ! would be nice IF it was motorized to move left. right forward / back like wheel chair w/a joystick! my back cannot handle hours bent over ! it IS easier to work on F430 if you are tall!

[@normalguysupercar]

They have tall creepers actually

[@jackdale9249]

YES what i am saying we cut down , modded a truck creeper you use to work fr ABOVE to Ferrari height ! not the kind you use to work fr below! go to summit racing , et all PIA you tube will not allow photos! in comments ! 😏@@normalguysupercar

[@UNLOCKsilo]

Curious why would you not replace the gasket?

[@normalguysupercar]

I did.

[@briannfs2]

Like the song that was with the time lapse

[@normalguysupercar]

I don't know the name, just one of the songs I have license to

[@johnforeman634]

Just looking at that job makes my back hurt.

[@normalguysupercar]

Mine is still feeling it ..

[@Charly_Dont_Surf]

Same!

[@williamkunkel7778]

Great job… question??? Why not replace the gasket ?

[@normalguysupercar]

I did

[@emmeto17]

It seems like he reused the old gaskets, but actually cleaned the replacement gaskets prior to installation

[@normalguysupercar]

@@emmeto17 correct. I can see that I wasn't clear in the video. But you should never reuse those gaskets.

[@jackdale9249]

thx helpfull again as I need to do this w/ our F430 spider ! brand of gasket goop please? wise to mark sensors ! thx !!!

[@normalguysupercar]

It's just permatex black

[@jackdale9249]

thx yea i have allways liked hylomar ( used by Rolls Royce ) and we used yamaha bond or suzuki bond for sealing non gasketed crankcase haves @@normalguysupercar

[@matbindi821]

Very helpful video thank you !

[@normalguysupercar]

You're welcome!

[@kfrdubber]

Is that gold on the underside of the engine cover?

[@normalguysupercar]

Yes. It reflects heat. It's not factory though

[@jackdale9249]

and not much insulative value to gold film as you say just reflects a bit of heat so far better to DO ceramic coating fr Swain tech , NY ( the entire exhaust ,would block 50% ! of heat ) and the BEST !correct high heat 2,000 deg F wrap would do far more good! even the blankets have huge gaps and let heaps of heat escape @@normalguysupercar

[@kfrdubber]

​@@normalguysupercar Tavarish's P1 is getting Gold now.

[@chenglo8999]

Damn ur getting good! F430 expert now

[@normalguysupercar]

Thank you

[@SNerd42]

Nice work Dan! I noped out of that job in my mind at you have to support the transmission and remove the A frame, lol. It would be cool to know what this job would cost from the dealership. I'm guessing $10K plus?

[@normalguysupercar]

I think it's about $3-5k

[@SNerd42]

@@normalguysupercar Wow, that's more reasonable than I expected. Thanks for the info!

[@garyleibitzke4166]

Damn, that's a lot of work. I'm OLD so I remember cars where you could change those gaskets in less than an hour.

[@normalguysupercar]

Lol yup. Not so much here

[@user-od4op6ng9y]

That's why I stick to older cars as much I can. Ridiculous how crammed engine bays are these days and how much tech they're packing in them.

[@proper_miles]

What’s with the gold heat shielding (assuming that’s what it is) on the underside of the engine compartment lid? I’ve never seen that before on the spiders… is that normal?

[@normalguysupercar]

It's aftermarket. I guess they just wanted extra heat shielding

[@proper_miles]

@@normalguysupercar from what? The devil? But yeah, that was my guess… Thanks for the fast response!

[@jackdale9249]

ceramic coating fr Swain tech , NY ( the entire exhaust ,would block 50% ! of heat ) and the correct high heat 2,000 deg F wrap would do far more good! than the gold film it has very little insulative value just reflects bit of heat even the blankets have huge gaps and let heaps of heat escape @@normalguysupercar

[@Charly_Dont_Surf]

Does that engine use solid lifters? It would have been a good time to adjust the valves. Otherwise outstanding work?

[@normalguysupercar]

No lifter adjustments on the 430 needed.

[@michaelrobinson5592]

Good job 👍

[@normalguysupercar]

Thanks 👍

[@marcozanon6935]

Hi Dan my name is Marco. I’m from Australia. I just purchased a for an F4 30. I saw in one of your episodes that you sell the carbon fibre kits. Would you sell them and ship them to Australia?

[@normalguysupercar]

Which carbon fiber kits?

[@jmhofmeyr]

Good heavens this dark grey with red leather is YUMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@normalguysupercar]

Yeah it's a really cool spec

[@doti78]

Why not replace the gasket instead of re using the leaking ones?

[@normalguysupercar]

I did replace them. I cleaned the new ones with brake cleaner before installing them.

[@MuddyTubMedia]

The wheels on this car are sweet. Are they stock? If so, good job Ferrari

[@normalguysupercar]

Nope they are aftermarket

[@pcar928fan]

You keep saying valve cover gasket, I think you really mean CAM cover gasket. ;) Hope to see you guys again soon. Love that 430 btw, and the red Cali! My wife loved the blue 430 at the grand opening!

[@normalguysupercar]

Yes tomato tomato

[@pcar928fan]

@@normalguysupercar LOL! Yup! Great job on that repair! What a PITA that was!

[@JetskisAndDirtbikes]

It's literally the same exact thing... back in the olden days they were called rocker covers

[@pcar928fan]

@@JetskisAndDirtbikes it is NOT the same thing. Over head valve cars have actual rockers and valves right under that cover and over head cam cars have cams right under that cover. So depending on the engine design it is either a valve / rocker cover or a cam cover.

[@normalguysupercar]

@@pcar928fan well if you really want to get pedantic, the Ferrari service manual calls them head covers.

[@kevinmanning8214]

What was the take away from this service? Dan had to fix Josh’s mistake then drives off into the sunset.😂😂 (Sort of)……I am NOT knocking your mechanic skills Josh, you’ll forget more than I’ll ever learn about a Ferrari. Nice work fellas!!!

[@normalguysupercar]

Lol I'll go with it

[@scottmaz4063]

What about all the !@#$%^& words taking it apart then back together 😂😂😂😂. Thanks for the video Dan.

[@normalguysupercar]

Honestly not too much cursing this time since I've done it before...

[@johnsn10]

Exhaust sounds weird

[@normalguysupercar]

It's got headers and factory exhaust

[@jessicamiranda3978]

Look at all this floor space😂😂😂😂

[@normalguysupercar]

Lol yes

[@DeanKhan-xc7gl]

But. The. 430. Is. Nice. I’ll. Buy. It

[@normalguysupercar]

It's already sold

[@robertlenahan5375]

I'd imagine if it started smoking after all that, you'd prolly wanna blow it up😅

[@normalguysupercar]

Lol no kidding