wouldn't this cause you to have to really scrape it off the next time you do a valve adjustment? Is cheap silicone caulk rated to handle those temps? Just asking....I am about to do a valve job on mine as soon as I bend my wrenches...
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Originally Posted by Diesel911
I degrease the valve cover gasket groove and the bottom edge of the valve cover (and about 1/4 inch up from the edge also) with brake cleaner (get all the oil off). I take a tube of silicone sealant the I got from one of the 99 cent stores we have out here and I put the sealant in the bottom of the gasket groove. I install the valve cover gasket onto the valve cover pressing the gasket on enough to hold in (the sticky sealant should hold it on). I degrease sealing edge of the valve cover gasket where it will seal against the head with brake cleaner and I put a light coat of the silicone sealant on the sealing edge.
I take a clean rag and wipe off as much oil as I can from the cylinder head where the valve cover sits. Install the valve cover and tighten it slightly.
If it is above 60 degrees out let it sit for 1-2 hours after which tighten it up; if it is colder you might as well just tighten it down all the way.
The silicone will glue the gasket to the valve cover and the oil will never creap under the groove of the gasket and come out on the outside. If you remove the valve cover later clean off the silicone from the sealing edge and put on some new silicone and install the valve cover.
It takes me longer to write how to do this than it dose to actually do it.
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