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RE: Double check the valve covers
By RC Moser - 09/28/2001 3:23:50 AM; IP 152.163.206.184
I bet it the cover gaskets, oil in the intake and running down the back of the head area usally means valve cover gaskets. If the covers are bent it will blow oil out. I had the exact same problem 35 years ago. Yes I smashed the gasket instead of compressing it, bent the covers, had to lay them on a flat surface and cold form them with a hammer till they were straight again. After I got them straight I used a torque wrench torqued them to 50 inch pounds and rechecked them every now and then, Most books say 4 to 7 foot pounds, I found that 7 foot pounds it kind of high and since most foot pound torque wrenches arn't to acturate in the lower 20% range without a special calbration, a inch pounds wrench is more acturate due to you using it in the middle of the range of the wrench.. Anyway, it fixed my leak and oil consumption problem, hopefully you'll have some luck too.
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 RE: Leaking 390GT? -- Mike, 09/27/2001
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 RE: Double check the valve covers -- Mike, 09/27/2001
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 RE: Double check the valve covers -- richard, 09/28/2001
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