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Re: rocker cover

Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 10:55 pm
by duggers
The nuts should only be done up to 10nm. Most leaks are as a result of over tightened nuts/bolts causing cam cover warping or too much gasket compression.

Re: rocker cover

Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 2:54 am
by james butler
duggers wrote: Most leaks are as a result of over tightened nuts/bolts causing cam cover warping or too much gasket compression.
and as a result of the reinforcing strips missing.
i use the cap head bolts so you can be sure the cover is torqued all the way down and not sat on the stud shoulders.