🔧 Black Valve Cover Kit by Stens, Model 055-606 Review

This is a Kohler part at a small price. I received my "used" as new and they were sealed in a factory Kohler box with new bolts also sealed in the box with 8mm socket head cap screws, not 30mm torx head caps what is great. Hopefully this will fix my oil leak as I am using this to replace a stamped steel valve cover. Used that part number on both sides although there is a hole on the right side. I used a step drill and drilled a 7/16 hole and it worked great.

Everyone has trouble with stamped sheet metal valve covers because THEY DON'T WORK! Definitely an upgrade to say the least. Recommendation - even if you do NOT have problems YET - get them, do it right and replace them before you start splattering oil all over the engine and muffler. What a mess to clean up. Time will tell if they work or not, but so far so good! Torque the bolts in the recommended order and reduce to the recommended level, ie up to 85 in-lbs. Sounds tough, but that's exactly…

Genuine Kohler; Comes with new screws (and they're hex, not torx! Hats off!) and new gasket; and the price is right. What's not to like? Thanks to Kohler for upgrading the bolts to a hex head. I broke my old valve cover trying to get out the bottom torx head screw (next to the exhaust) which tends to get welded on on older cars, due to the heat of the exhaust I had to rip off the head and drill through the screw. What a pain! With these bolts, next time, even if one of them freezes again, I can