Cam cover gasket.

[Ben Jay]

Apart from the this is there any thing else i should change walst im in there?

[Toby]

Paint it (the rocker cover) a lairy colour

[Ben Jay]

Paint it (the rocker cover) a lairy colour

its hidden by my awesome top mount

[declantg]

just gives you more reason to FMIC

[samass]

make it shiney shiney
shiney shiney is always awesome

[Ben Jay]

make it shiney shiney
shiney shiney is always awesome

ok fine ill make it shiney shiney but not other mechanical bits and bobs that need doing whilst its opened up?

[declantg]

not AFAIK

[ginge191]

D seal perhaps...?
Give it a good ol' clean, little bit of petrol on a rag cleans it up well before you apply the new gasket.

I often get it sandblasted and a coat of paint, works well, just some heatproof stuff does the job well

[Ben Jay]

D seal perhaps...?
Give it a good ol' clean, little bit of petrol on a rag cleans it up well before you apply the new gasket.

I often get it sandblasted and a coat of paint, works well, just some heatproof stuff does the job well

it had a new d seal a couple of months ago. so no need to change right? might get some silcone sealant around the seat to stop a boost leaks.

[Matty]

well i always silicone sealant the actual gasket for the rocker cover, always leaks for me just replacing the gasket. With the sealant its holding up lovely.

[padge]

The gasket i used on the dhx engine hasent leaked one bit

[Matty]

lol at the "Xantia power"

They just seem so ghey for me (gasket), probs me just buying shit ones. But meh, silicone sealant is the answer to everything for me lawl

[mark_airey]

lol at the "Xantia power"

They just seem so ghey for me (gasket), probs me just buying shit ones. But meh, silicone sealant is the answer to everything for me lawl

You can fix anything if you use enough of it, if it doesn't fix it then clearly you haven't used enough silicone on there

[Dan!]

Matty, you might have a warped cam cover. Not a massive problem obviously, just means a normal gasket wont seal and silocone will because its flexible/not a set shape

[Ruan]

Do NOT overtighten the 3 bolts on top hoping it'll seal.

They go into the cam caps which are EASY EASY EASY to round out, which MUST NOT be replaced by others off another head, they're line bored, so if you put on another one, you're likely to f*ck the cams/caps..

Well - you can put others on, but I'll lol when your engine is full of swarf.

[mark_airey]

Do NOT overtighten the 3 bolts on top hoping it'll seal.

They go into the cam caps which are EASY EASY EASY to round out, which MUST NOT be replaced by others off another head, they're line bored, so if you put on another one, you're likely to f*ck the cams/caps..

Well - you can put others on, but I'll lol when your engine is full of swarf.

True that ^^

[Dave]

Do NOT overtighten the 3 bolts on top hoping it'll seal.

They go into the cam caps which are EASY EASY EASY to round out, which MUST NOT be replaced by others off another head, they're line bored, so if you put on another one, you're likely to f*ck the cams/caps..

Well - you can put others on, but I'll lol when your engine is full of swarf.

Which is not a very nice thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ruan]

Dave knows ALL about this!

Honestly, I've never laughed so hard at that pub session just laughing at you and your shit car.

[Dave]

How very dare you, time to step the ginger pisstake up!

[Matty]

Silicone sealant = boss.
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Really wouldn't be bothered if I had a warped cam cover, if it's sealed. It's sealed. No probs. Sorted. lawl

[darrenjlobb]

Heh overtightening is normally what makes them leak / serious overtighting rounds threads / snaps the lugs off the cam bearing caps. You need to make sure there all tight the same and not all that tight or else it just bends / leaks...If I got problems I used to just smear some hymolar around the gasket, but should be fine with new gasket / right bolts...