[s-cars] Valve cover gasket

Sean Douglas quattro20v at telus.net
Sun Nov 23 17:15:16 EST 2003


Gabriel:

Any good metal polish will work. I used Autosol and lots of elbow
grease, it got rid of most of the oxidization and helped to even out the
colouring, its more of a gun metal gray now. Autosol is available from
Canadian Tire.

Sean

Sean Douglas
1997 Audi S6 - MTM Stage 1+
1990 Audi 90Q20V


> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Gabriel Caldwell
> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 1:27 PM
> To: Bob Frizzell; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Valve cover gasket
> 
> 
> 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:
> 
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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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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