Hmm. I've always used the goop on the valve cover side and not the
engine side. You can still remove the cover without damaging the
gasket, but when you need to scrape the goop out, it's easier to get it
off the valve cover (say, with a wire wheel brush on your bench grinder)
and you stand less chance of getting pieces in the engine while you're
scraping. Not to mention that you don't have to do the scraping bent
over the engine - which is much too close to the ground for that sort of
work.
I'm surprised I had the chance to make this reply - with Art's mail
dated two days ago. Maybe my mail gateway is down. Hmm.
Matt Kulka
'74 B - with oil in lots of places, but not leaking from the rocker
cover.
BTW - I've used the spinning wire brush on steel valve covers - but I'd
be careful about an aluminum one.
>>> Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU> 10/04/97 09:12am >>>
Use some on the engine side and nothing on the valve cover
side unless necessary. This way you can remove the valve cover without
damage to the gasket.
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Tyson Sherman wrote:
> Is it necessary to use gasket sealer on the cork rocker
> cover gasket?
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