Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
Spencer had topped the tank off when he put in fuel. I'm not sure where the leak is coming from yet but it's definitely somewhere around the tank. It's probably one of the AN fittings but it could be the filler plate we made on top of the tank. I'm certain we'd sealed it up tight but am questioning whether or not I used any sealant on the bolts that went into those nutserts.
The oil was seeping from both valve covers. We had some expensive gaskets that were supposed to be re-usable. They were rubber with an inner steel core. Unfortunately they had shown signs of having been compressed and I didn't add any sealant because I thought we might be pulling them off again.
Ever since installing the tti headers, we'd had exhaust leaks. They weren't major but it was still annoying and may have been enough to screw with the O2 sensor. I really hate header installation but Spence was determined that we fix that issue now too.
A quick trip to the local NAPA for supplies and we were ready to get greasy again. We bought some high temperature copper sealant for the exhaust. I had a spare set of header gaskets hanging on the wall. For the new set of valve cover gaskets we used some Permatex aviation sealant.
I was probably overly cautious when we installed the headers and valve covers in the past. My fear was that we might strip the threads that were in those aluminum heads so I don't think we'd applied enough torque to them. This time we tightened the crap out of them.