Valve Cover/Cam Cover Gaskets
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Valve Cover/Cam Cover Gaskets - 7/1/2008 10:53:27 AM
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bootleg
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Getting ready to replace the gaskets tomorrow evening. I read on another forum that a specific silicon sealant is needed to attach to gaskets? Also said there is a sequence for torquing the bolts back down? Any input? Also read that the throttle body has to come off for the driver''s side, will I need to replace the gasket when i put it back on? Just want to make sure I have everything ready. Thanks.
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RE: Valve Cover/Cam Cover Gaskets - 7/1/2008 1:58:12 PM
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cosworth
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What year, what engine.
No specific sealant, I used a top quality gasket sealant and was fine. Cam covers do require a torques sequence and they can be found in the cam chain tensioner write up. It''s a jpeg I think. Printed it off for myself a while back.
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RE: Valve Cover/Cam Cover Gaskets - 7/1/2008 2:34:32 PM
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gbdiver
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Photo''s, write up. timings, special tools, everything in a report please :)
Mark
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RE: Valve Cover/Cam Cover Gaskets - 7/1/2008 5:56:13 PM
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bootleg
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It''s an ''02 with 4.0. I will try searching for the cam chain tensioner topic and see if I can find it. Thanks. I hope I''m not getting over my head with this.
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RE: Valve Cover/Cam Cover Gaskets - 7/1/2008 6:52:05 PM
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bootleg
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I hate to keep bugging everybody, but I don''t want to screw this up. I haven''t been able to find to torquing sequence for the valve covers. Thanks.
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RE: Valve Cover/Cam Cover Gaskets - 7/2/2008 8:19:30 AM
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cosworth
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If you can''t locate the PDF via google that has it, ask your dealer to print one of for you. The nice lady at the parts counter has done this for me.
Honestly, I torqued mine per spec but with my other cars I just tighten in a zig zag pattern a bit at a time and I''ve never had a leak. Don;t let it stop you from finishing the job, it''s not CRITICAL to torque it dead on, it''s not a cylinder head, you just want the gasket to live and not leak.
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RE: Valve Cover/Cam Cover Gaskets - 7/2/2008 7:33:38 PM
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bootleg
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Got the new gaskets put on this evening. Not sure if a coil was bad after all. No oil in the area and the boots looked fine. There was oil in the spark plug cylinder in the front and rear plugs on the driver''s side. The only bad news was that I lost valve cover bolts in the process from the driver''s side. Can I use a similar bolt or do I need to get one from a used motor. Any other makes (Ford, Lincoln)that will substitute. Thanks. I would not have even attempted this without info on the forums.
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RE: Valve Cover/Cam Cover Gaskets - 7/3/2008 5:24:38 AM
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bootleg
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Thanks for the pdf. Now I just need to find two bolts to replace the ones I lost. Anybody got any suggestions that would fit from a different engine, might be easier to find. Thanks.
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RE: Valve Cover/Cam Cover Gaskets - 7/3/2008 7:32:00 AM
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cosworth
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Might just be easier to take one off to the local fastener dealer and have them match it. Unless it''s one from the covers that has the threaded extension. tought o match those.
I think their M6x40?
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