Rubber Valve cover gasket

[Tony Hoffman]

Whenever replacing a thin steel surface such as a valve cover/oil pan, you
should always dent the holes back out. They bend in slightly when torqued
down. I use a small ball peen hammer upside-down, and lightly tap it with
antoher larger hammer.

Tony

On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Pat <psdooley at verizon.net> wrote:

> The gaskets should have metal sleeves so you can't over-torque.
> Every time I try to torque lightly, they just back off and leak worse.
>
> Maybe some locktite is in order?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Snoopy
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:16 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Rubber Valve cover gasket
>
> Yup. Even bought the torque wrench (never needed it before), but it didn't
> help :)
>
> On 2013.05.23 08:53, Huw Powell wrote:
> > Pay attention to the very light torque specs.  Overtorque, gasket leaks.
> >
> > - Huw
> >
> > On 5/23/2013 1:27 AM, Snoopy wrote:
> >> I've been through 2 cork versions and 2 rubber Reinz gaskets, none of
> >> them hold as expected. Maybe my valve cover is skewed. So the dealer may
> >> be a good alternative.
> >>
> >> On 2013.05.22 23:48, Christopher Gharibo wrote:
> >>> Buy the upgraded gasket from the dealer. The quality is superior to
> >>> aftermarket.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Message: 1
> >>>> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 12:12:01 -1000
> >>>> From: "al" <streichea001 at hawaii.rr.com>
> >>>> To: "Quattro" <Quattro at audifans.com>
> >>>> Subject: Rubber Valve cover gasket
> >>>> Message-ID: <BB7F28FFEDE240F08917A46CBA60E011 at AlPC>
> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>>>
> >>>> I am tired of these cork/rubber gaskets. Can someone point me in the
> >>>> right
> >>> direction, so I can by a rubber gasket for my 1990 80 4cyl 2.0L?
> >>
> >>
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