Eric Rose
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Hey all
I got a cast aluminum valve cover from Vintage Inlines recently. Beautiful piece. Now I'm looking at how to seal it. My previous installations of stamped steel covers have always leaked. I use the nice re-usable rubber gaskets on engines that I can get them for but it seems like cork is the only option for the ford six. I'm also using studs instead of bolts so it'll line up easier.
I've seen people say spray the cover side with 3m spray adhesive and tack it on to the cover and that's all that needed. No selant between the gasket and the cylinder head. I don't know how to feel about that?
Also seen people say this method works: Thin layer of RTV between cover and gasket. snug the bolts and leave it on a few hours til it's dry. Then do the a bead between the gasket and head and leave it just snug for a few hours, then torque it when the rtv has dried.
Also been hearing how permatex #2 is better than RTV. And still others say just put cork gaskets on dry.
It's one of those questions where you get 5 different answer and none of them are "wrong". But every application is different so if anyone has a method that has been proven to work with the ford six engines I'm all ears.
I got a cast aluminum valve cover from Vintage Inlines recently. Beautiful piece. Now I'm looking at how to seal it. My previous installations of stamped steel covers have always leaked. I use the nice re-usable rubber gaskets on engines that I can get them for but it seems like cork is the only option for the ford six. I'm also using studs instead of bolts so it'll line up easier.
I've seen people say spray the cover side with 3m spray adhesive and tack it on to the cover and that's all that needed. No selant between the gasket and the cylinder head. I don't know how to feel about that?
Also seen people say this method works: Thin layer of RTV between cover and gasket. snug the bolts and leave it on a few hours til it's dry. Then do the a bead between the gasket and head and leave it just snug for a few hours, then torque it when the rtv has dried.
Also been hearing how permatex #2 is better than RTV. And still others say just put cork gaskets on dry.
It's one of those questions where you get 5 different answer and none of them are "wrong". But every application is different so if anyone has a method that has been proven to work with the ford six engines I'm all ears.