Valve Cover Gasket Replacement 05 Honda Odyssey 3.5L Touring (Part 1)

This video is part one of a two part series showing how to change valve cover gaskets on an 05 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5L. This first video mainly goes over the disassembly, clean up and preparation of parts.

Note: The vehicle in the video has the Touring package. There may be some differences between the Touring package and other packages. Different parts and procedures may be needed. So, if you notice differences in your gaskets from the ones show in the video, it doesn't necessarily mean that you got the wrong parts. Your vehicle may require different parts.

In this video I did not show the removal of the rear valve cover. It comes out similarly to the way it is in stalled, just in reverse. I do actually show the installation of the rear valve cover in part 2. The valve cover comes out in a diagonal fashion. the rear of the valve cover toward the transmission comes out first followed by the front of the valve cover close to the accessory drive belt. If you watch part 2 just imagine the installation in reverse.

Note: at the 21:00 mark I mention cleaning out the channels in the valve covers where the gasket sits with a scouring pad. I do recommend you do this also. You need to have a clean metal surface free of any sludge and varnish for the gasket to mate up to. Just cleaning it with brake clean in my opinion is not good enough for this particular area of the valve covers.

Note: About the "special pliers" used in the video to break the seal loose on the hoses going to the intake. I used different sized pliers for different sized hoses. This helped to prevent damage to the hoses. Use care not to damage the hoses.

Toward the end of the video you'll see me knocking the valve cover bolts out of there grommets using a rubber mallet. Please be aware that this will damage your mallet just as it did mine.

Also, getting those grommets onto the valve cover bolts can be difficult to do without damaging them. Using a little silicon spray on them may help get the bolt in a little better.

The parts used in this video where from rockauto.com. Rockauto.com is in no way affiliated with Barbour's Auto Help. Barbour's Auto Help has not been paid to promote Rockauto.com.
I purchased the parts from Rockauto.com with my own money. That being said, I personally had a great experience getting my parts from them. Their website was very easy to use and, most importantly, I received the correct parts and it only took a few days to get them. I was also impressed with the quality of the parts received.

Here is a link to part 2 of this series: https://youtu.be/QWoKV2eDZKA

Here is a link to the full video: https://youtu.be/EyjD9QwhfJ8

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