Re: valve cover gasket

[Gregory-Nath Frenzel-Slavics <fren0027@tc.umn.edu>]

I have no gunk on the mating surfaces of either cover or head and the
valve cover does not look messed up, I haven't taken a straighedge to
either surface or anything.

did I type 75 ft-lbs.?   I meant to type 7.5 ft-lbs. which in the immortal
words of my grandpa is just about handshaking force.

more later...

On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Wm. Josiah Erikson wrote:

> My take on this would be
> 1) You might just still have some left over residue
> 2) You don't actually want to tighten the nuts that tight
> 3) Did you clean off the valve cover and the top of the head before installing
> the new gasket? Is your valve cover bent or otherwise messed up?
>     GL!
>     -Josiah
>     '83 Scirocco
>     '84 GTi
>     '86 Scirocco 8v
>     '87 QSW
>     http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah
> 
> 
> Greg wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have any tips for getting my valve cover gasket to seal?
> > I've just replaced it and tightened the nuts down further but I'm still
> > getting that oh so delicious smell of burning oil off of my exhaust
> > manifold.
> >
> > Also, clues, research, hints into that seat question; how to repair,
> > short of buying a new seat, the seat back angle adjustment knob?   It's
> > not the plastic on the knob, it's the actual mechanism to keep you from
> > flopping into the back seat.
> >
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