Re: Cam cover gaskets

[James N Gagliardi <gagliardi+@CMU.EDU>]

Excerpts from audi: 21-Apr-95 Cam cover gaskets by Eric Thorstenson@cta.com 
>  A rubber
> plug filled the hole at the back of the head (which I assume
> is there to accomodate the Diesel models, which have the fool
> delivery system back there).
Yep, it's for the mechancal FUEL pump.
Aren't you glad that you don't have two timing belts to change?  
> Gasket 2: This one is much more in the Japanese tradition, 
> being a one-piece deal, except for the plug at the back. It is
> a black rubber, and has three or four ribs along each side.
> The part that seals the top of the front cam bearing is 
> integral with the rest of it. It has copper inserts where
> the studs go through.
Did it have a manufacturer or a part number on it.  I'd love to find one
of these for my diesel.  Mine has a cork gasket and two little orangish
rubber inserts at each end above the cam.  It leaks a lot, mostly
because so many idiot mechanics have over tightened my valve cover.  The
first time I took it off, it was bent down about 1/16" every place a
stud went through.  So I tried to flatten it.  I wish it wasn't made of
sheet metal.  I bet there's a cast one on later models or maybe
available from Europe.  Mabye even a big chrome plated one that says
Edelbrock on it...oops wrong car.
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