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Valve cover gasket done
Well, I got the gasket changed out during the game. Ok I did run over
into the post-game show a little--but that's ok cause the Badgers beat Penn State. The old gasket was very brittle. It was in several pieces when I took it out. Wouldn't it be great if this stops the oil leak I've been living with for so long. The engine actually burns almost no oil as far as I can tell. Just every once in a while a little puff comes through at startup. My theory is that when the cam stops in a certain spot, a seep of oil is getting past a valve stem seal. to TonyJ: > Just don't > over torque the bolts. I don't remember the speck but it is probably > around 10 ft lbs. Probably shouldn't admit it--I used my finely tuned wrist. > The only time that I changed the crank seal while doing the TB it > developed a leak too. I probably didn't set it at the proper depth. And I wasn't going to admit this either... But I had to go back in last fall and redo the seal cause I didn't get it seated. I managed to pick the (new) old one out and seated the new new one with just the right size PCV pipe. > I had a cracked expansion tank in one of my T44s. I tried a number of > things to seal it but none worked Exactly my experience. > Have a good afternoon listening to the Badgers. We don't listen to them > over here in Minneapolis :-) I'll allow ya that! Tubby's got the Gophers on a tear. miguelito |
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Valve cover gasket done
I think that you are right about the valve stem seal but that should
only affect it after sitting for a while and would be very low oil consumption. It will not be likely to get any worse of a long time. Good work on the gasket. I bet it does solve the leak. miguelito wrote: > Well, I got the gasket changed out during the game. Ok I did run over > into the post-game show a little--but that's ok cause the Badgers beat > Penn State. The old gasket was very brittle. It was in several pieces > when I took it out. Wouldn't it be great if this stops the oil leak I've > been living with for so long. The engine actually burns almost no oil as > far as I can tell. Just every once in a while a little puff comes > through at startup. My theory is that when the cam stops in a certain > spot, a seep of oil is getting past a valve stem seal. > > to TonyJ: > > >> Just don't >> over torque the bolts. I don't remember the speck but it is probably >> around 10 ft lbs. >> > > Probably shouldn't admit it--I used my finely tuned wrist. > > >> The only time that I changed the crank seal while doing the TB it >> developed a leak too. I probably didn't set it at the proper depth. >> > > And I wasn't going to admit this either... But I had to go back in last > fall and redo the seal cause I didn't get it seated. I managed to pick > the (new) old one out and seated the new new one with just the right > size PCV pipe. > > >> I had a cracked expansion tank in one of my T44s. I tried a number of >> things to seal it but none worked >> > > Exactly my experience. > > >> Have a good afternoon listening to the Badgers. We don't listen to them >> over here in Minneapolis :-) >> > > I'll allow ya that! Tubby's got the Gophers on a tear. > > miguelito > |
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