Details

• Brand:

  

  

• SKU:

  JL3Z-6582-A

• Positions: Left
• Other Names:

  Engine Valve Cover, Cover Cylinder Head

• Description:

  This is a genuine Ford driver-side valve cover for the 18-24 F-150, Explorer, Police Interceptor Utility, and Transit equipped with the 3.3L V6 gas, 3.3L hybrid, or 3.5L V6 engines. The valve cover seals the top of the cylinder head, retaining engine oil within the valvetrain area while providing access to the camshafts, rocker arms, and spark plug wells for service. The cover is typically a cast or composite assembly that incorporates the oil filler neck, the PCV connection, and various electrical pass-throughs for coil-on-plug ignition and any cam position sensors mounted on the cylinder head. The genuine valve cover ships with the integral gasket and seal set required for proper installation, eliminating the need to source the gasket separately. Failure modes include cracked covers from impact or thermal stress, broken mounting tab features that prevent proper sealing, oil leakage past the gasket from compression set, corroded bolt threads, and broken PCV or oil filler features. Symptoms include visible oil leakage from the top of the engine, oil seepage onto the exhaust manifold producing burning oil odor, oil contamination in the plug wells producing misfire codes, and engine oil consumption without obvious external leakage in some cases. Replacement requires removal of the ignition coil pack and any covers, careful documentation of harness routing, removal of cover bolts in the specified sequence, removal of the old cover, and methodical reinstallation with the new gasket properly seated and bolts torqued to specification.

• Notes: Includes Valve Cover Gasket And Seals.
• Applications: 3.5L. 3.3L Gas. 3.3L Hybrid.

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