What Mike says but I do them without the cork.
I'll add a couple of reminders. When Mike says clean, that means REALLY
clean. The RTV is not compatible with any sort of grease film. I clean
my valve covers in a 5 gallon bucket full of extremely hot water and
laundry soap. Top of the engine needs to be scraped, wiped with solvent,
then hit with brake cleaner, wipe with paper towel. If the paper has any
discoloration, clean it some more.
Apply Permatex Black with or without the gasket (your choice), set the
cover on immediately. Open time on the Permatex Black is only about 5
minutes so you need to move briskly. Tighten the bolts down snug enough
to make sure all the RTV is contacting the opposite surface. Let it cure
for 24 hours, spray it with water if you want to push it a bit. Torque
to spec after the 24 hours is up.
Greg wrote:
> So after an hour on google, what is everyones recomendation on doing
the
> valve cover gasket on a CJ7 258 engine, cork, rubber? RTV or not? Torque
> specs?
> Installed a rebuilt engine 2 years ago, new gasket leaked a small
amount
> from start, so seeing that engine is sitting in new frame with no body
> around it, nows the time for a replace. So if anyone has any opinion or
> knows the torque spec I would appreciate it, aluminum cover by the way.
>
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