Rubber Valve cover gasket

[Joshua Van Tol]

yamabond (from your local yamaha motorcycle dealer) is the sealant of
choice now for gasketless sealing.



On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:31 PM, al <streichea001 at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

> 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@**audifans.com<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: <**BB7F28FFEDE240F08917A46CBA60E0**11 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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