Valve cover gasket done
 

Well, I got the gasket changed out during the game. Ok I did run over
into the post-game show a little--but that's ok cause the Badgers beat
Penn State. The old gasket was very brittle. It was in several pieces
when I took it out. Wouldn't it be great if this stops the oil leak I've
been living with for so long. The engine actually burns almost no oil as
far as I can tell. Just every once in a while a little puff comes
through at startup. My theory is that when the cam stops in a certain
spot, a seep of oil is getting past a valve stem seal.

to TonyJ:

> Just don't
> over torque the bolts. I don't remember the speck but it is probably
> around 10 ft lbs.

Probably shouldn't admit it--I used my finely tuned wrist.

> The only time that I changed the crank seal while doing the TB it
> developed a leak too. I probably didn't set it at the proper depth.

And I wasn't going to admit this either... But I had to go back in last
fall and redo the seal cause I didn't get it seated. I managed to pick
the (new) old one out and seated the new new one with just the right
size PCV pipe.

> I had a cracked expansion tank in one of my T44s. I tried a number of
> things to seal it but none worked

Exactly my experience.

> Have a good afternoon listening to the Badgers. We don't listen to them
> over here in Minneapolis :-)

I'll allow ya that! Tubby's got the Gophers on a tear.

miguelito

Re: Valve cover gasket done
 

I think that you are right about the valve stem seal but that should
only affect it after sitting for a while and would be very low oil
consumption. It will not be likely to get any worse of a long time.

Good work on the gasket. I bet it does solve the leak.

miguelito wrote:
> Well, I got the gasket changed out during the game. Ok I did run over
> into the post-game show a little--but that's ok cause the Badgers beat
> Penn State. The old gasket was very brittle. It was in several pieces
> when I took it out. Wouldn't it be great if this stops the oil leak I've
> been living with for so long. The engine actually burns almost no oil as
> far as I can tell. Just every once in a while a little puff comes
> through at startup. My theory is that when the cam stops in a certain
> spot, a seep of oil is getting past a valve stem seal.
>
> to TonyJ:
>
>
>> Just don't
>> over torque the bolts. I don't remember the speck but it is probably
>> around 10 ft lbs.
>>
>
> Probably shouldn't admit it--I used my finely tuned wrist.
>
>
>> The only time that I changed the crank seal while doing the TB it
>> developed a leak too. I probably didn't set it at the proper depth.
>>
>
> And I wasn't going to admit this either... But I had to go back in last
> fall and redo the seal cause I didn't get it seated. I managed to pick
> the (new) old one out and seated the new new one with just the right
> size PCV pipe.
>
>
>> I had a cracked expansion tank in one of my T44s. I tried a number of
>> things to seal it but none worked
>>
>
> Exactly my experience.
>
>
>> Have a good afternoon listening to the Badgers. We don't listen to them
>> over here in Minneapolis :-)
>>
>
> I'll allow ya that! Tubby's got the Gophers on a tear.
>
> miguelito
>