Oil leak at valve covers

famous bob said

I don`t want to glue both sides, running a solid roller, need to remove once in a while to set/check the valves---- I do have a pair of $38 gaskets on it now. I have built heat guards to help keep the heat off of the valve covers and gaskets, #1-2 tubes are very close to the covers w/ raised port heads. It burned the cork, rubber steel reinforced, and every other kind I tried , ones up after a while , hoping these carbon gaskets will hang in there.

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Sounds reasonable to me.:D
I am running LA style fabricated aluminum covers with the Magnum rubber over steel gaskets on aftermarket heads with a hydraulic roller, so I don't have those kinds of problems any longer.
It's a daily everywhere car so it needs to be low maintenance.

One messed up thing I found when I had the 318 and used the fabbed covers was the valve cover rails are not flat front to back.
They are higher in the center by about 3/16 inch, so I had to get creative about making gaskets for them.:D