permatex or not

[Turtleface]

My wife's Q45 is that way; there is a rubber gasket that bottoms out on a metal insert. The screw is tight against the insert, but the rubber is only compressed to maintain a seal.

Interesting. I do plan on doing cams at some point in time, way down the road, but I'd sure like to do it when I want to, so I'll be sure to nix the ideas about Real Gasket.

[GS750GUY]

The Real Gasket is known to cause the condition IPU (Involuntary Performance Upgrades); specifically cam upgrades.

What are the issues against Real Gasket? My 78 GS750 with only 11,000 miles had a valve cover leak that I could not seem to stop even after very carefull and thourough cleaning of all surfaces.
The engine was blowing hot oil all over my pant legs and boots. Finally after the frustration of having the cover off three times someone suggested trying a Real Gasket. It was fairly expensive but is completely reusable and most importantly....it fixed the leak. I've had no problems since and several guys said they like the appearance of the red gasket on the engine.
Real Gasket makes high quality semi-soft red silicone gaskets for the aircraft as well as automotive, motorcycle, and other industries. So far I am very pleased.
GS750GUY

[Steve]

What are the issues against Real Gasket?

As far as I know, there is no problem with the gasket itself. The problem is that the gasket it thicker than the stock gasket, and for those bikes that have the tach pickup in the valve cover, rather than the head, it limits the engagement of the gears. This can lead to intermittent tach operation, followed by stripped gears. The broken gear pieces will then lead to ... , well, we better not go there.

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[SqDancerLynn1]

The motors that had problems with the real gasket are the ones with the tack gear in the cam cover, the thickness of the gasket is figured into the clearance for the gear. It is fine for the ones with the tack gear in the head. SO if you use a real gasket ? special attention needs to be for the cam cover to cyl head clearance

[posplayr]

So, no Real Gasket for the 16Vs? Oh well, OEM seems pretty good, and frankly, I was planning on shelling out the $25 bucks every valve check for a new OEM gasket.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=114320&highlight=1100E

[GS750GUY]

The motors that had problems with the real gasket are the ones with the tack gear in the cam cover, the thickness of the gasket is figured into the clearance for the gear. It is fine for the ones with the tack gear in the head. SO if you use a real gasket ? special attention needs to be for the cam cover to cyl head clearance

Great! I'm o.k. then. The tack cable on my 78 is connected in the head and not the cam cover. Whew!!!!!
GS750GUY

[gsgeezer]

I use hylomar on valve cover gaskets, makes them reusable, too.

http://www.midwayautosupply.com/pc-52158-354-permatex-hylomar-universal-blue-racing-formula-gasket-dressing-and-flange-sealant-12-fl-oz-tube-85249.aspx