Dana: Do you have a part number for this rubber valve cover gasket? I've always used cork valve cover gaskets and I usually have seepage onto the intake manifold, no matter how careful I am in torquing. The rubber valve cover gasket would probably be a big help. I noticed the last time I purchased an oil pan gasket for my '82 Westy Diesel from the VW Dealer, he gave me a rubber gasket. He said the rubber gasket was specific to the Vanagon Diesel. I discovered from Bentley that the torque value for the oil pan bolts on the Vanagon is 7 ft-lbs versus 15 ft-lbs for the oil pan on the Rabbit. I had previously used the cork gasket I had from a Rabbit rebuild gasket kit. I'm pretty sure that the static oil level in the pan is above the gasketed joint between the oil pan and block on the left side of the engine. Maynard OvO '79 '82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt" '93 EV GL "Klinger" '00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo" '84 Jetta GL TD On Monday, January 08, 2001 11:59 PM, Dana Morphew <kadm@PUGETSOUND.NET> wrote: > There is a rubber valve cover gasket, available for the 8 perimeter stud > attachment as well as the 3 center stud attached valve covers found on > the 1.9 diesels (get the right part number). These also have the metal > sleeves Frank spoke of. This gasket might well be a cure for 'early' > oil seepage on the manifold side between the valve cover and head on the > inline-4 engines installed in the 50? position. Be sure to get M6 > replacement studs that do not have the widened center 'step' if your > engine uses the cork gasket with 8 mm. holes. |
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