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You might try snugging the valve cover bolts again.
If blended cork, they tend to loosen with heat/cooling. If you remove the cover/s, make sure the cover bolt areas haven't been driven down with previous tightening. Common for them to need some slight tapping at the hole areas to drive the bolt sections back in alignment with the rest of the cover flange.
On an install if needed, make sure both surfaces are 'clean' and dry.
Quality gaskets here are good practice as well.
Sometimes if the cover/s have to swing in/under components/hoses etc you can use a very thin application of contact cement etc on the valve cover side only to hold the gasket to the cover. If used, make sure it's completely 'set/dry' before installing the cover. Anything slippery rarely works out, or any sealer that can soften with moderate heat.
And, it's not need around the cover bolts.
Last edited by Hayapower; Jan 13, 2025 at 05:45 PM.
I haven’t, so I’ll change out the pcv valve. I didn’t think about them falling loose, I can snug them down if they are, clean around the cover and see if it leaks any from there. I will work on it later this week and get it all sorted. Again, thank you all for the help I really appreciate it!
Last edited by Fordboy07; Jan 13, 2025 at 06:23 PM.
Above spec is for V8 5.0L. You never told us your exact engine size so I was just guessing 5.0L. I don't have the tightening pattern so you need to find that out yourself. The cover and the bolts shouldn't be aluminum (one-time-use), so don't forget to retap the cover and redie the bolts ONLY IF the threadings don't look so good to you after cleaning.
Yes it’s a 5.0 sorry about that. And I will check it out before I change them, and would cork be the best bet? Since rubber might not possibly seal right it it isn’t clean clean?
Hey y’all, I’m new here and im hoping someone can help me out. I’ve had an issue since my first change with the fluid. It’s been leaking from the pan since. The first attempt I used a gasket and silicone, it leaked on the 4th day. I used straight silicone, leaked 2nd day, I pulled it off and did it again, leaked after the 1st and the 4th time I had help with it, again straight silicone, leaked after a week, I was thinking on using cork but I was told both good and bad about those gaskets. Any suggestions on what I should do?
