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Originally Posted by jmcgill
The valve cover gasket has me more annoyed...I'm sure I got it seated straight....I won't buy Beck Arnley again.
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- Clean the mating surface on the head really well with a paper towel (sometimes I push a wadded up towel with a long screwdriver).
- get the cruise control pod out of the way if you havent already
- put a thin film of new motor oil on the gasket mating surface
- when the valve cover seats correctly, it makes a really reassuring thump sound, hard to describe, but you know it when you hear it
- last, and not least, use a torque wrench and get the valve cover nuts to 15 nm. Tighten them bit by bit, alternating sides diagonally like a wheel. Dont overtighten.