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thanks for this thread. I just did my valve cover gaskets last night. Looks to have gone successful. Having all part #'s/seals was important.

There was oil leaking inside the spark plug cylinder and causing oil to get inside the ignition wire and was causing a misfire. The spark plug was covered in oil from the seals around the spark plug cylinder being old/hard.

Who ever did the valve cover before I owned my car stripped the 3 bolt housings that are in front of the valve cover near the water pump/oil cap.

The trick to use a longer screw worked to fix the stripped screw hole issue, and all bolts tightened successfully.

Now I am waiting for my new spark plug wires, and hopefully this fixes the misfire. If i'm still getting a misfire I'll replace the Ignition coils.

thanks again for this tread. saved me lots of $$$$!