[DeTomaso] Valve cover gaskets

[asajay at asajay.com]

And that my very well be true.  Anytime I've removed cork gaskets,  
I've usually found the engine internal pretty well baked.  I've never  
used cork on my valve covers, and so I've never really had the  
problem.  I've got a set of the kind I usually use, sitting in my  
everyday drive right now, waiting to go on the Mach I.  I'll have to  
look at them tonight and post the brand and part number for comparison.

Asa Jay

Quoting Doug Braun <doug at silicondesigns.com>:

> Asa Jay,
>
> 	Maybe there are different quality corks being used by the gasket
> manufacturers but I've had the same experience as Larry (except for the
> vaseline).  The same set of Fel-Pro cork valve cover gaskets have been on my
> engine for 11 years now.  They're the version with the steel shim-stock core
> and cork on both sides.  I cemented them to the valve covers and wiped on a
> layer of silicone spray as a release agent on the cork face that goes
> against the heads.  I take the valve covers off every other year or so; they
> come right off with a light tug, the gaskets are still in fine shape and
> they don't leak.
>
> It may be that if you overheat an engine with cork gaskets on it, you end up
> with the gaskets becoming brittle.
>
> Doug Braun
> blue 73L #5505
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of asajay at asajay.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:30 AM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Valve cover gaskets
>
>
> I don't know how you do that.  If I use cork on a valve cover, at
> least on a 351C, it usually comes off in a bazillion pieces, which is
> why I really don't like using them.  But yes, they -do- seal.
>
> Just me,
> Asa Jay
>
> Quoting Larry - Ohio Time Corp <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>:
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> I have always been a corker (as you know). I have a cork valve cover
> gasket
>> on the MG that must be 35 years old. It still comes off and reseals each
>> time I adjust the valves.
>>
>> Larry - Cleveland
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
>> Behalf Of Mark McWhinney
>> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:00 PM
>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Valve cover gaskets
>>
>> Any recommendations on the type and brand of valve cover gaskets?
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/ytruqo
>>
>>
>>
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