Use the"Monkey Snot" on the part you can remove the gasket with power tools. You never stick a valve cover gasket to the head, you always stick it to the cover and you can scrape it off and finish up with a wire wheel on a bench grinder. Don't you know that? Like a t-stat gasket, stick it to the housing not the intake.
Don't "I" know that? Yeah, I think after forty plus years I do. Who said anything about sticking anything to the head? Other than you? I always use a razor blade scraper to remove it. Usually it gets right under it and cuts it right off.
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I was talking about the cork intake seals. Not valve cover gaskets.
I would contact the manufacturer and show them what's up. With that design you aren't the only one with the issue. Possibly they caught the issue and made a production change to correct it. You could have bought a early manifold.
You mean a Virginia Joint. Leave 1/2" fer caulk in yr stain grade millwork!Never had cork leak after an intake install. Best cork versions were the Felpros with the.....never mind^^^^^^^^. In lieu of that some spray adhesive works if the gaskets don’t have the adhesive (block side only) China walls need to be degreased thoroughly before affixing. Then RTV black in the corners. There’s a difference between correct (sparingly) use of the RTV and over application in some cases.
Don’t go cutting the end of the tube off and using your elbow to spread it. (Just an expression we used in my construction days using caulk doing siding, kitchens and baths)
the pcv should be connected to manifold vacuum not the air cleaner. the breather from the other valve cover goes to the air cleaner base.
Exactly. I learned early on all about laying down one smooth thin bead vs. a bead that looked like a long lumpy weld. One exterior wood trim company crew I worked with we used to fill up big *** knot holes on the boards, that was what we called “schmoo it” and we also used to sing this song when an installer asked if he should caulk big gaps or holes. As our dear leader often says “Not A Joke”....
If you think that cork was hard to remove, wait until you get ahold of an engine assembled with the right stuff, honda bond, or similar gasket maker. Damn near need an air chisel to the the stuff back apart.
Yep.
Stuff is great until it needs to be disassembled. Had to take a stiff sharp putty knife and a hammer to get the oil pan and timing cover off of a blueprint stroker motor I tore down. It was the first time I had come across it and thought it might have been windshield urethane until I checked into it.
