Valve cover gasket replacement question/MA state emissions ?

[Alan Cordeiro]

Bernie,

Many of us use our cars as daily drivers. Hence, opening out
the throttle body and not being able to put it back together,
or, worse yet, having to bolt back a leaky part and have to do it
all over again in two days is something we are willing to
PAY to avoid.

Agreed, the gasket may be re-usable, but you're taking a big
chance on a 13 year old car if you COUNT on it being re-usable.

Alan
'91 200q, >200k, daily commute 33 miles each way

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernie Benz" <b.benz at charter.net>
To: "Joshua C" <smuckycat at hotmail.com>
Cc: "200q20V mailing list" <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: Valve cover gasket replacement question/MA state emissions ?


My comment was in regard to your implied assumption that an new gasket was a
necessity, not a belittlement.

Bernie

> From: "Joshua C" <smuckycat at hotmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:45:15 -0400
> To: b.benz at charter.net
> Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Valve cover gasket replacement question/MA state emissions ?
>
>
> "Your logic is nonsense!"
> Uh...could you clarify a bit?  Are you implying I should reuse the old
> gasket or that I don't need to remove the throtle body to get to that one
> bolt right under it?  While I am sure you get a good chuckle out of making
> belittling comments, they are not terribly helpful with out some actual
> advice.
>
>
> Joshua Cummings