I’m going to be pulling my valve cover and send it down to chuck to get polished.
My question is should I just buy a new OEM gasket or is there a better one I sould get to try and help againts gasket breakdown and leaks. Also from my understanding when you do a head gasket you have to use new bolts, is this the same with a valve cover? or do you just use the originals? I never had to replace one before and it seems pretty strait forward. I just want to see if there are any little detalis I don’t know about.
Oh and my current one is starting to leak some thats why I asked about a better one, or a better brand to use.
Any info or suggestions would be appricieated.
No ricer remarks or BS comments please. I’m getting sick of seeing them in threads asking for help.
So do I just tighten the bolts down as much as I can or torque them to spec. I hate valve covers because of them leaking, I know when Brian was doing my exhaust we were talking about the slight leake and I believe he suguested I just try to tighten down the cover some more. Yet at the same time I know there are tourqe specs, so thats why I ask.
you reinstall it with new gasket advance auto and 12 inchpounds of torque ( a good snug turn with a 10mm socket) simple… no need to bust out a toque wrech on a valve cover
Welp I got it in and the oil leak cleaned up. Thanks to Chuck (custom and sound) for the polishing work, and thansk to Brian (pewterss) for the couple questions I called him on (there was just a lot of oil and it cleaned up ).
The picture doesn;t do it justice, and I can;t find my meatal polish other wise I would have cleaned the intake and the cover…
******Edit - the uploader isn;t working so I will have to wait to post the picture up. I keep getting a fatal error when I try to use the uploader and the Uploader in the “manage attachments” :dunno:
Now that the uploader is back here is the valve cover Custome and sound did for me. Next the altenator will probably be getting done. I will be replacing the hoses to once the weather warms up…
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