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Originally Posted by Charlies84380SE
I noticed that I had a couple small oil leaks near the Valve cover screws. when i tried to tighten them, they were really loose. I snugged them up (all were loose), but just how tight should they be. This car lives/lived on a rough dirt road and I wonder if they loosened, or never were tight. I'll watch this to see if I stopped the leaks.
Any ideas?
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OOOH boy...
If they were loose guess its best to tighten them up.
Go easy
wipe it down & recheck
Also when you tighten
try to do the across method
so as to not tighten one side before the other
Just enough resistance you don';t want to cut the gasket
Heck just enough to seal it
but if its near screws???
could be a breakdown if someone added a gasket putty around screws
maybe it fell away & screws were then looser???
Hmmm
I don't know
guessing..but
just go easy
Hope its nothing