Torquing cam cover nuts

[Andrew Buc]

** Reply to message from Frederick Smith <smitty at pcrealm.net> on Mon, 28 Jan
2002 23:20:27 -0500

> The all the 10 valve gaskets are not the same. There are cork,rubber
> with flat spacers and rubber with recessed spacers. The recessed spacers
> go on the shoulder type studs, the flat pacer type go on the NON-Shoulder
> studs.........and the cork one goes in the garbage 8-P

OK, I stopped by the dealer yesterday and told the parts guy that although I
had a 4kq, the PO had used the gasket for a 5kt in the interest of holding down
the oil leaks, and I'd like to follow suit. The one I got is rubber, p/n 034 198
025D. But the flat spacers vs. recessed spacers bit is totally news to me, and I
have no idea what kind of studs I have--never did get the cover off on Sunday.
The way I left it with my mechanic (who makes house calls) is that he's coming
by tomorrow (Wednesday) to do this, and then on Thursday he goes out of town for
a week and a half. How critical is this business of flat vs. recessed spacers?