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850 Valve Cover Gasket - How To ? 850

posted by  Erwin on  Wed Jun 26 04:00 CST 2002
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There is no gasket. The liquid sealant is the seal. It's and the application roller are available at your dealer. The Haynes manual describes how to make, and shows pictures of, the special tools you'll need. One to hold the camshafts in proper orientation and two to pull down the top cover.

Machined into the top cover are the upper camshaft bearinga and the oil gallerys for the camshafts and hydrualic lifters. You don't want any sealant to block these passages.

If you have a little seepage, I'd leave it alone until it got really bad or you need to change the t-belt in which case you'ld be halfway there anyway. As there isn't any oil under pressure at the edges of the cover, you might get by by just cleaning the area well with brake cleaner and dabbing a little RTV on the seep. It's not pretty, but won't likely be visible anyway.

In any case, I'd suggest getting the Haynes manual. It's not perfect but anyone with a bit of DIY experience can work around the shortcomings with the help available online.

--
Erwin in Memphis, '95 855t






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