[urq] valve cover gasket

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Thomas
I have used both cork and rubber gaskets at different times on coupe quattro 
and urq and found the cork to be the best for sealing.

Regards
Keith
'87 WR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Pollock" <tompollock2002 at yahoo.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:54 AM
Subject: [urq] valve cover gasket


so, I had a slight leak from the rear of my valve cover and while the car is 
down with other issues, I thought I'd replace the valve cover gasket. The 
one I tool off was cork. The one I got from the dealer was rubber. The one I 
took off was a total of three pieces (the gasket, the cam gear insert and 
the half moon). The one I got was in two pieces (the half moon and gasket. 
the cam insert was part of the full gasket) One of the studs on the head is 
what I believe to be a locator, in that it has a slightly larger spacer. The 
gasket I took off had a slightly larger hole to accomodate. The one I put on 
had none and I had to remove the metal built in washer? to accomodate the 
larger locator. I had a slight oil leak before, now I have a massive oil 
leak. Prior to locking it down, I checked and double checked I hadn't 
pinched anywhere. I've never used any kind of sealer and have done many 5cyl 
gaskets without ever having a leak. Should I ?
My question is, is this rubber gasket the correct gasket ? It's quite a bit 
"thinner" and the locating hole bothers me...

thanks,

tom.



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