Valve Comer Gasket Installation

[Max Hoepli]

My new valve cover gasket is made of rubber. I have the Bentley Manual. So I
can look up the torque for the valve cover nuts. Tnanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: Huw Powell [mailto:audi at humanspeakers.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 18:47
To: Max Hoepli
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Valve Comer Gasket Installation



On 3/20/2012 4:30 PM, Max Hoepli wrote:
> Taking off the old valve cover gasket and the half-circle rubber piece at
> rear I noticed no glue or gasket goop or silicone around the old rubber
> gasket. At the front of gasket I noticed a thin reddish rubbery strip
coming
> off, not very much. Should I put silicone black goop on both sides of new
> gasket?

No, just install it and don't over-torque the nuts - they are supposed 
to be very low torque, I forget the number.

I hope your new gasket is the rubber one not the cork one.

> Noticed no sludge build-up around camshaft. A somewhat reddish-browny
colour
> on surface of camshaft and hold-downs and upper surface of cylinder head.
> Inside surface of valve cover is clean. I changed out the rubber ring of
the
> oil filler cap. The old rubber gasket of oil filler cap just broke away.
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> Patient: 1986 type 44 turbo quattro, 318,000km
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> Max
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