[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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