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Anyone replaced a valve cover gasket?

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I need to replace a leaking valve cover gasket...is this an easy job? Where is the best place to get one.......It drips oil out of the front once the motor gets hot right below where the tach screws into the engine
 
dripping at the tach cable could be the o-rings on the tach cable....

as far as valve covers, they arn't too bad, and I hear that the ones from realgaskets.com are very nice, and are reusable. Harold will even make one for you for about 30 bucks if you send in the cover. He recently added lots of GS valve covers, and you should email him and see if he has yours. They are also inexpensive.
 
nweaver said:
dripping at the tach cable could be the o-rings on the tach cable....

as far as valve covers, they arn't too bad, and I hear that the ones from realgaskets.com are very nice, and are reusable. Harold will even make one for you for about 30 bucks if you send in the cover. He recently added lots of GS valve covers, and you should email him and see if he has yours. They are also inexpensive.
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I bought the o rings and replace them but the leak continues so I guess it must be the valve cover gaske...Thanks for the tip
 
Yeah, I bought a OEM gasket from my motorcycle shop... was surprised they had it. was very easy to replace... just make SURE you remove all debris from the old gasket both on cover and on engine top before replacing everything? (Oil shoot out of gaps if you don?t)

On a side note: has anyone tried using silicone gasket sealer on jobs like this? I?m afraid to use it, but these ?real? gaskets are hard to find and kind of expensive.
 
once again, I haven't used them, but in my current rebuild job, I will...realgaskets.com has silicone rubber valve cover gaskets, for about 25 bucks plus shipping (think 5-6 bucks)

These are even reusable. Check the product review forums, some users have used these.

Real Gaskets


Nick
 
If you want to be able to reuse the fiber type gaskets put a light coat of oil or grease on them prior to installation. That way they will not stick to the metal surfaces and tear when removed.

This is an old trick used by dirt bikers who had to tear their engines down multiple times.
 
It is not advisable to use silicon sealer on the gasket itself, The amount of silicon squeesed out when the cover is tightened can break off and plug important oil holes. DO put a VERY small dab on the bottom of the half moon end seals
 
Swanny said:
If you want to be able to reuse the fiber type gaskets put a light coat of oil or grease on them prior to installation. That way they will not stick to the metal surfaces and tear when removed.

This is an old trick used by dirt bikers who had to tear their engines down multiple times.
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PAM cooking spray works very good for keeping gaskets from sticking!
 
The paper type gaskets can be re-used several times if you just oil them lightly - just as well given the price of Suzuki ones. Use any kind of gasket goo and they'll stick to both surfaces and you'll have to clean and scrape both surfaces every time, as well as buy a new gasket.
 
I really thought that that Silicone could be used alone without the use of a gasket. I've seen something like this on those reality shows... "American Chopper" and similar shows.

Squeazing a bead around the same 'route' that the gasket would have covered, NOT putting a new gasket in, and just putting the top of the assembly back on top of the siliconed bottom section. So the Silicone spreades out and covers each crack and mates with the opposite section. Much like glue.
 
I was watching weekend mech. on the DIY channel last week and they were repairing the motor in one of the water craft's like a Seadoo or something. Well someone had used gasket sealer on the head instead of replacing the gasket and it blew out right at the #3 piston, guess what that cylender ran extremly lean and fried the #3 piston to the point of breaking the rod sending it through the side of the block. They wound up having to replace almost the whole eng. seems to me a new gasket is a whole lot cheaper then a whole eng. Just my $.02 worth, but I will never use that stuff in place of a gasket, just doesn't make sense to me.
 
Handy thread. Thanks for all the tips. I've been wanting to change my
gasket for awhile, but put it off. Leaks a little around the half moon
sections, especially when in gets warmed up.

Now I know what NOT ta do. Price of a new gasket, and some of that
PAM spray for me.

Robben
 
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