Valve cover gasket leak???
04-30-18, 10:33 AM
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Another great idea:
Just wanted to post this tip to help anyone else facing this issue. My gasket fell out and got pinched the first time around and after talking to one of my friends who used to be a mechanic, he recommended that I use Indian Head Shellac (http://a.co/6YM08i6). This stuff is really sticky and holds the new gasket in place so it can't fall out of the groove and get pinched. I hope this tip can help someone else
This is a great fix for the issue of the gasket possibly getting pinched or not fully seated when bolting covers back down, I like to use just a little RTV on my finger and just rub a very think layer of it over one side of the gasket and seat that side into position in the valve cover and let it sit, it will get tacky enough to do the same job and since you're doing this job, you should already have some RTV around for sealing the corners of the outside of the covers to ensure no further leaks from the gasket or covers. You just need to be sure not to get any gobs inside the cover (only on gasket and outside the cover are safe for RTV) that may get into your engine after bolting it back down and running car.
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