- 1. valve cover oil leak-your solution (score: 1)
- Author: andy65 <andy65@snet.net>
- Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:00:28 -0400
- Am getting some oil leakage around the rear of the valve cover 1965 BJ8. What's your experience in stopping leaks there? Do you use gasket sealer? Just on bottom the valve cover gasket or top and bot
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00051.html (7,822 bytes)
- 2. Re: valve cover oil leak-your solution (score: 1)
- Author: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>
- Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:39:19 -0600
- Hi Andy, Gaskets eventually take a set after enough heat & time & lose their resiliency. The fact that you have very old sealer must mean that the gasket is very old also. I glue the gasket to the he
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00055.html (8,397 bytes)
- 3. Re: valve cover oil leak-your solution (score: 1)
- Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:28:10 -0400
- Dave's method is a way to do it, but I prefer to glue the gasket to the valve cover (only). For me, that makes it easier to scrape off when the time comes to change it, without getting loose bits of
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00063.html (9,647 bytes)
- 4. RE: valve cover oil leak-your solution (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Schauss" <schauss@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 21:23:23 -0400
- I just put a thin layer of wheel bearing grease on both sides of the gasket. I set the gasket on the cylinder head and put the valve cover on top of it. Then a go around with a dentist's probe and co
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00065.html (8,678 bytes)
- 5. RE: valve cover oil leak-your solution (score: 1)
- Author: Rizzo Steven D LtCol AETC/XPRU <Steven.Rizzo@RANDOLPH.AF.MIL>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 08:26:34 -0500
- 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 help
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00072.html (9,492 bytes)
- 6. Re: valve cover oil leak-your solution (score: 1)
- Author: andy65 <andy65@snet.net>
- Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 11:31:00 -0400
- Interesting variety on what people are doing to avoid leaks around the valve cover. Thought I would put it all in once place. On the cover: Permatex Hylomar seems to be the favorite Fuel and oil resi
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00074.html (8,089 bytes)
- 7. Re: valve cover oil leak-your solution (score: 1)
- Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 17:15:40 -0400
- 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. Althou
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00075.html (8,521 bytes)
- 8. Re: valve cover oil leak-your solution (score: 1)
- Author: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>
- Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 17:19:25 -0600
- Hi folks, It appears that I am the only person to permanently glue the gasket to the head instead of to the cover. I do this because the gasket provides a very effective dam to stop stray oil from ov
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00077.html (8,434 bytes)
- 9. Re: valve cover oil leak-your solution (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 19:42:34 EDT
- In a message dated 10/5/2004 7:20:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rusd@velocitus.net writes: It appears that I am the only person to permanently glue the gasket to the head instead of to the cover. I do
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00078.html (8,361 bytes)
- 10. Re: valve cover oil leak-your solution (score: 1)
- Author: Charlie Baldwin <ewsinc@suscom.net>
- Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:44:26 -0400
- You aren't the only one. That's exactly why I do it that way too Charlie Baldwin BT7 tricarb Check out the new British Cars Forum: http://www.team.net/the-local/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=8
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00079.html (8,829 bytes)
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