Yesterday I changed my spark plugs because I was having a bit of a rough idle, and noticed I had a decent amount of oil in the spark plug well of cylinder 4. I know I'm supposed to replace the valve cover, but of course I don't wanna. OEM are expensive and apparently aftermarket ones are bad. And if I go the OEM route (unlikely) would it be okay to just replace one cover instead of both considering I just had a leak in one cylinder? It just doesn't seem right to do that. Any suggestions? As of right now these are my options:

1. Replace Valve Cover (OEM) $400 for pair

2. Replace with Aftermarket Valve Covers $125 for pair
This option seems the most appealing to me. Aluminum aftermarket valve covers are rather cheap for a pair, and it would be some preventative maintenance for the rest of the cylinders. The only thing I'm scared of is the covers warping or leaking. People on threads will say always buy OEM because aftermarket will leak, although I haven't found any definite answers from people who purchased aftermarket saying they leaked. All the reviews seen okay and you CANNOT beat the price. It comes with both covers, all the bolts, and both gaskets. LIKE wwWWHAT???

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3. Chop out the bad Seal and replace it with RTV and Honda Gaskets (idk pretty cheap tho)
This almost seems too good to be true. Never found anyone that did the repair and actually followed up on how well the repair held up, so it just kinda seems sketchy to me. Would definitely do this if I could get some more support behind the fact that it will actually repair the problem and not just delay it.


As always, I know you guys will point me in the right direction. I always appreciate anyone who puts their two cents in to help a brother out.

 

Had this happen to me. I purchased the ones from rockauto. Installed them all good. Good price as well G/L.

BTW, if you don't have a copy of the factory service manual, you can get one, on CD from the same place.

 

Clean the tubes, Buy this. Spread around seal with finger

Profit