Remember to let the sealer set up on the valve cover before putting it back
on, otherwise it will squirm it's way in or out leaving you with just a bad
a seal as when you started out.
Gerard
At 10:17 PM -0400 5/9/01, DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
>In a message dated 5/9/2001 8:46:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>patricia.sauthoff@Colorado.EDU writes:
>
>
>> It's coming out from under the valve cover, not the head. Sorry. I'm
>> spacey.
>>
>
>Phew! That is a lot less serious. Sounds like you need a valve cover
>gasket--an easy and cheap fix. I like to silicone the valve cover gasket
>into the cover itself to provide a good seal there, then use a thin coat of
>silicone between the head and the gasket. Don't crank down on the valve
>cover bolts as tight as you can. You don't want to be so tight that you
>distort the shape of the valve cover. That is what causes leaks there.
>
>--David C.
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