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I finally got back to my Civic today. When the second box of fasteners arrived I put it under the driver's seat, so I bolted the crankshaft pulley, used a screwdriver to flange the gaskets around the spark plug tubes, and was slowly and evenly bolting on the valve cover, when I saw the valve cover gasket squeezing out of the side.
I removed the valve cover, seated the gasket, held it in place, and carefully lowered it back down. Everything looked right, so I cranked it down, but the battery was too weak. It is charging now.
When I replaced the head gasket I kept reading to buy a gasket assortment kit for the fuel filter banjo bolt. The nice neoprene gasket that came in the kit squeezed out. When I popped the hood today the gasket was sitting underneath. Maybe I needed a smaller size, but it is entirely possible a metal washer is supposed to go there.
I stopped at O'Reilly's and they only had kits like I had. They grabbed a fuel filter and we looked at the washers, but he said they did not sell washers like that without a filter. Maybe a new filter would benefit my car, but I want to make sure that my vehicle is operating within specified parameters before I make unnecessary replacements.
The Wix filter was $28. I could get a Honda one from Amazon for $32. Majestic would ship me one for about $35.
I just ordered the washers. $9.93 for tiny washers.
Owning a car is great!
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