Ninety5five0

Whats the best valve cover gaskets i can get ?

I have some cork felpro ones and they are leakin, i even tightened past torque specs and used rtv.

Any input ?

VigCS

More RTV.

Have you tried a rubber reusable gasket?

Ninety5five0

Havent tried the rubber gasket yet. But definatly gonna goop em up alot more this time.Its an easy fix, just annoys me.

F5GTS331

i think the rubber reusable metal lined ones are better. but dont ya think that you may be over tightening em could be causing a leak by warping the valve cover? thats my thoughts on the subject

samseed101

Exactly what i was going to say. Overtighting the valve covers can and will cause leaks. Especially with cork gaskets. That's why they tell you how much to torque the covers. It's not just a random number.

If I had to guess, your leaking near where a bolt actually holds it in place. Either that or near an edge towards the firewall.

Ninety5five0

^ you guess correctly my friend

I'll back off em and retorque

it says 106 in.lbs

Is that about 16 ft. lbs ?

VigCS

8.83333 ft lbs

Ninety5five0

so 9 ft lbs should be fine... ?

F5GTS331

this may be stupid becasue i dont have a inch pound torque wrench but there are twelve inches in a foot so would 106 in lbs divided by 12 is goin to be between 8 and 9 ft lbs, but i aint real sure thats how it converts so if im wrong hust discard this post

Ninety5five0

^ So there is a way to convert it i guess....

I thought about it, but didnt think too long or hard...haha.