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Old Apr 24, 2006, 03:04 AM
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driving without a cam cover?

I need to take off my cam cover for about 1 month... you think it will be fine?
Old Apr 24, 2006, 03:11 AM
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i dont see why there would be any problems....make sure there is nothing lose that could fly in there to cause a problem....

good luck!
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You can, but is it worth the risk? My friend drove without his on for a few months and nothing happened. I personally would not take that risk.
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Agreed, why not just leave it on?
Old Apr 24, 2006, 08:29 AM
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I rather keep it on but I need to remove it for a few weeks.. doing something to the cam cover so dont have much choice but to drive without it
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had mine off for over a year
Old Apr 24, 2006, 08:38 AM
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^^ thats all I needed to know
Old Apr 24, 2006, 08:39 AM
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If you have no choice... I would not take mine off. I know what is happening under the cover.
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Are you talking about the valve cover or the spark plug/coil cover or the cam gear cover?

Cam gear cover you MIGHT be okay, spark plug cover you will be okay. I hope your not talking about the valve cover.

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Driving without cam cover is like riding a motorcycle without a helmet. You could. But it only takes one little bug to cause a major #u@kUp.
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This is a joke right, are we talking valve cover, spark plug cover or upper timing belt cover. Would not recommend driving with any of those off, Mitsu put them there for a reason, not just for looks. Ok maybe the sparkplug cover but nothing else...if you remove your timing belt cover you run the risk of any little object getting between the belt and pulleys and damaging your timing belt it will not be a sudden problem but it will definently catch up to you...
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hahhaha, nobody even asks if he's talking about the cam GEAR cover? you most definetly CANNOT drive without the CAM cover(aka valve cover). I haven't run the cam gear cover in over a year. Someone tell me they've EVER had a problem with it, i might reconsider. You guys ever find any rocks in your engine bay? i haven't....not in 10 years of owning cars. A bug, psssh, will be squished and dead....no harm to anything.
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im talking about a cam gear cover
Old Apr 24, 2006, 09:07 AM
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Cool

Originally Posted by gsujeff55
hahhaha, nobody even asks if he's talking about the cam GEAR cover? you most definetly CANNOT drive without the CAM cover(aka valve cover). I haven't run the cam gear cover in over a year. Someone tell me they've EVER had a problem with it, i might reconsider. You guys ever find any rocks in your engine bay? i haven't....not in 10 years of owning cars. A bug, psssh, will be squished and dead....no harm to anything.
Have you ever hit a bee headon at 100 MPH without a helmet? You'll know how #%$UP that would be

And without a the Cam/valve cover you'll have oil spraying all over your engine bay.

You can go without the CamGEAR cover for a while if you still have the lower plastic tray (that covers the entire engine) and not going offroad.
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It is very unlikely something will get in there and cause any problems but for me it's not worth the risk.


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