[s-cars] Valve cover gasket

[Gabriel Caldwell]

The valve cover is off.  All it needed was good whack with a rubber
mallet.  Now that it's off I'd like to clean it up a little.  I'd like
to remove the aluminium oxidation.  Any suggestions?

Gabriel Caldwell
Tsunami Solutions Ltd.
#202 - 2055 Boundary Road
Vancouver, BC Canada V5M 3Z1
voice: 604.299.5855
fax: 604.648.8158
e-mail: gabriel at ts.bc.ca
url: www.tsunamisolutionsltd.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Frizzell [mailto:bobfrizzell at shaw.ca] 
Sent: November 21, 2003 2:40 PM
To: Gabriel Caldwell
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Valve cover gasket

Gabriel,
The correct torque is 7 ft lb (10N).  If yours is like mine it will be
very
brittle.  Don't drop pieces in the plug holes.  Although I didn't do so
on
mine, Trevor Frank suggested putting some Dow 111, a noncuring silicone,
on
the gasket.  Good luck  let me know if you have any problems.  You have
a
number of good S-men in your area.   I bought some wheels from Sean
Douglas
in Burnaby - seems like a real good guy .  There are others I have
spoken to
(via email) but my computer crashed, and my brain did the same, so I
can't
remember who they were.
Take care,
Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabriel Caldwell" <gabriel at ts.bc.ca>
To: "Igor Kessel" <igor at s-cars.org>; "Bob Frizzell"
<bobfrizzell at shaw.ca>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 2:36 PM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Valve cover gasket


Was this the correct answer?  I am doing my VCG soon and I am very
Bentley impaired.

Gabriel Caldwell
Tsunami Solutions Ltd.
#202 - 2055 Boundary Road
Vancouver, BC Canada V5M 3Z1
voice: 604.299.5855
fax: 604.648.8158
e-mail: gabriel at ts.bc.ca
url: www.tsunamisolutionsltd.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Igor Kessel [mailto:igor at s-cars.org]
Sent: November 10, 2003 5:23 AM
To: Bob Frizzell
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Valve cover gasket

Bob Frizzell wrote:

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> S-men,
> I'm about to change my valve cover gasket.  What are the torque
specifications for the bolts? I believe about 10ft lb.  Does that sound
right?
> Always appreciative of the assistance,

Bob,
I believe it's 10 Nm, not ft.lb.

--
Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros

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