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Final Stages of Valve Clearance Check

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Ok, so I am in the final stages of my first valve clearance check. valve clearances are within spec now.

Here are a couple of questions.

1. Old valve cover is OLD. A little dry looking but intact. Should I just use it and save my new one for the next inspection?

2. Do you coat the valve cover gasket with anything?

3. My half moons are all fine, but loose. Did I read somewhere where you coat the edges with a liquid gasket and then just pop them back in?

4. I am guessing, as far as tightening the bolts on the valve cover, I just start at the center, and criss cross back and forth working my way to the outside?

Any other pointers?

Thank you so much!!!!

Rick
 
ryonker said:
Ok, so I am in the final stages of my first valve clearance check. valve clearances are within spec now.

Here are a couple of questions.

1. Old valve cover is OLD. A little dry looking but intact. Should I just use it and save my new one for the next inspection?

2. Do you coat the valve cover gasket with anything?

3. My half moons are all fine, but loose. Did I read somewhere where you coat the edges with a liquid gasket and then just pop them back in?

4. I am guessing, as far as tightening the bolts on the valve cover, I just start at the center, and criss cross back and forth working my way to the outside?

Any other pointers?

Thank you so much!!!!

Rick
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1. No, use the new one. Scrape ALL the old one off, maybe even lightly sand.
2. Light coat of high temp grease. That will make it so you can probably reuse this one next time, also hold it in place.
3. That's what I did, used some ultra grey. That being said, mine still weep a bit. I'm going to replace them next adjustment.
4. Don't think it matters too much. You aren't torquing them tight enough to bend anything, but I got them all just seated, them worked around getting them all fairly tight, then worked around and torqued to spec.
 
ryonker said:
Ok, so I am in the final stages of my first valve clearance check. valve clearances are within spec now.

Here are a couple of questions.

1. Old valve cover is OLD. A little dry looking but intact. Should I just use it and save my new one for the next inspection?
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I would hate to tell you to use the old gasket and then have it start leaking. But it has been done before, if the gasket is still viable.

2. Do you coat the valve cover gasket with anything?
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I sprayed my paper gaskets with WD40. Some like to use grease. Now I use Real Gaskets with nothing on them.

3. My half moons are all fine, but loose. Did I read somewhere where you coat the edges with a liquid gasket and then just pop them back in?
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Sure, if they don't leak, go ahead and reuse them. A little gasket sealer won't hurt a bit. I don't use gasket sealer on the top of the half moons because of the Real Gasket.

4. I am guessing, as far as tightening the bolts on the valve cover, I just start at the center, and criss cross back and forth working my way to the outside?
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That's the factory-recommended method, start in the middle and work your way out. I usually don't tighten them all the way up the first time through. Then I go back and snug them up to spec the second time through.


Any other pointers?
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Lot's of iced tea!


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
Also for the half moons, teflon tape works fantastic, and you wont have any gasket maker goop all over the place when you pull them out the next time. Somewhere, there is a place or someone or something that sells those half moons in ALUMINUM! I wish i could remember where i saw that...i want some..
 
How do you teflon tape them? Just wrap around a couple of times and stuff em in?

Rick
 
TheCafeKid said:
Also for the half moons, teflon tape works fantastic, and you wont have any gasket maker goop all over the place when you pull them out the next time. Somewhere, there is a place or someone or something that sells those half moons in ALUMINUM! I wish i could remember where i saw that...i want some..
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I got a pair of them off Ebay. Saving them for the 1000g transplant. As I remember they came from over seas
 
Gaskets, if it didn't leak before it probably won't leak now. If it does, you only waste about two minutes removing the bolts a second time... Better to re use it than damage the head trying to scrape it off. Grease it.

Bolts, very easy to strip them out, only takes a tiny amount of force to secure them. Finger tight plus a 1/4 turn or so? A torque wrench here can break things.
Too tight will also distort the cover and cause leaks.
 
ryonker said:
How do you teflon tape them? Just wrap around a couple of times and stuff em in?

Rick
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You dont want the tape on the top side of the plug, as you want the gasket to seal that. Just one or two layers on the round side. Ive used it now a couple times on some weepy half moons untill i could pick up a new set or what not. And actually, on the cafe, i had used it on one of the plugs with the INTENTION of picking up a new set, and just never did. Hasnt leaked a drop since.
 
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