RE: valve cover oil leak-your solutionCorrect-o-mundo, Colonel. Anytime you
are going to use adhesive on anything, you can't have the surface too clean if
you want things to stick for a while. Although I glue the gasket to the valve
cover and not the head, I degrease the (valve cover) gasket surface thoroughly
with 3M adhesive remover before attaching the gasket. For the head surface, I
prefer to have it wiped clean but not degreased so that the gasket will seal
but not stick permanently.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Rizzo Steven D LtCol AETC/XPRU
To: 'BJ8Healeys' ; Healeys
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:26 AM
Subject: RE: valve cover oil leak-your solution
It is also a good idea to clean the head surface real well prior. I use
rubbing alcohol and let it dry good then wipe the surface off with an old
t-shirt. Probably overkill, but seems to work in helping the silicon seal.
Stever
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