Valve Cover Gasket (was: [s-cars] RE: Heats too hot ...too cold)

[Wayne Dohnal]

>Next up for me I think is a new valve cover gasket install.  I wonder if
>there is a proper way to install these to last forever or they are
>destined to fail like the pos, the gas pedal, ebrake, etc etc?

I had good luck (so far) using RTV gasket maker on the edges of the plastic
half-circle plug in the back.  2+ leak-free years so far.   Have you done
this before?  If not, be forewarned that the studs that the coil cover
screws to need to be themselves unscrewed to remove the valve cover.  If you
don't know this the natural action is to break the valve cover trying to pry
it off.

Wayne Dohnal
1994 S4