Is it a Clifford valve cover? If so, don't use the one they sent. The valve cover doesn't line up right, and since the gasket follows the outline of the valve cover, you'll get leaks there.
Go get the one from NAPA and use it instead. It actually mates up properly.
While we are discussing valve covers and such,,anyone have a link to a diagram of the torque sequence? and know the torque value off hand? I'm planning on changing my valve cover gasket soon (maybe Sunday).
Snow...
93 XJ, 4.0, auto, 360,000 km's.
On the 4.0 engine if you use RTV for a gasket, the torque is 28 inch pounds. If you just use a 'permanent' gasket, 55 inch pounds.
You start with the center bolt on the drivers side, then center on pass side, then go to the rear next one from center on pass side then across to the rear next one on the drivers side, then to the next front one from the center on the drivers side, then the next front one from center on the pass side and continue in the spiral pattern.
The bolt at the very rear on the pass side is supposed to have loctite on it.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sSnow wrote:
Oil will not come out of the headers. Well, it _could_, I suppose, but you would see it coming out the tail pipe for many miles before you noticed it around the top of the motor.
You are having an issue with the valve cover gasket.
Thanks everyone that is what I thought. will have to work on it this weekend
Scott
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