Rubber Valve cover gasket

[al]

Back in the day, I used Permatex  or now by NAPA "Form-A-Gasket" Sealant 
liquid #765-1210. It is an ugly brown molasses like goo that comes in a 
small plastic can.  You need Acetone or finger nail polish to clean the 
metal. Then I paint the area that the gasket will sit on. I then coat the 
opposite metal. Apply the gasket, give it a few minutes, then put your two 
pieces together. Can be used on parts like water pump or fittings for that 
hoses slide over.

Down side, it is a small pain to clean off. It will not harden and can be 
scraped off and Acetone or 188 proof denatured alcohol.

I have used it on aircraft engines, marine engines, and numerous 
automobiles. First used it on my 1927 Model T Ford because gasket were hard 
to come by.

KEEP AWAY FROM FLAMES OR SPARKS.

Al

-----Original Message----- 
From: TonyEscobedo
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:04 PM
To: Pat
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: Rubber Valve cover gasket

Never had luck with gaskets... I've started to use RTV sealant carefully 
with them whenever a gasket needs changing. It's a once in cars lifetime 
change anyways

On May 23, 2013, at 12:33 PM, "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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