Leaking valve cover bolts
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Melting Slicks
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From: Langley BC
Leaking valve cover bolts
Hey everyone,
I'm hoping someone has a solution that I can use to solve my leaking valve cover bolt issue.
My car is an 88' I finished earlier this year doing a pretty involved mechanical restoration/ resto mod to the car, see my build for details. So the engine is pretty new about 2k on it so I don't think it is a blowby issue. The car Is awesome except for this one problem.
when I autocross the valvecover bolts leak oil all over the valve covers. (This does not really happen on the street).
I have tried, rubber gromets, o-rings, cut gasket material to fit around/under the bolts and finally copper washers.
The leaks are a little better with the copper washers but It's still creating a mess!
Any ideas would be welcomed!
I'm hoping someone has a solution that I can use to solve my leaking valve cover bolt issue.
My car is an 88' I finished earlier this year doing a pretty involved mechanical restoration/ resto mod to the car, see my build for details. So the engine is pretty new about 2k on it so I don't think it is a blowby issue. The car Is awesome except for this one problem.
when I autocross the valvecover bolts leak oil all over the valve covers. (This does not really happen on the street).
I have tried, rubber gromets, o-rings, cut gasket material to fit around/under the bolts and finally copper washers.
The leaks are a little better with the copper washers but It's still creating a mess!
Any ideas would be welcomed!
Last edited by DMITTZ; Aug 26, 2016 at 04:53 PM.
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trying to find pix of underside If these are like the pro form style the there is no bolt tube going down to head, just a boss. Is it possible to put a valve seal on boss that might seal on shank of the bolt.
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Melting Slicks
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You are correct, I don't think there is a bolt tube at all.
Hmm... the valve seal is an interesting idea, I think I may even have a bag of old valve seals laying around some where. I'll look into that a day this week and see if its possible...
Hmm... the valve seal is an interesting idea, I think I may even have a bag of old valve seals laying around some where. I'll look into that a day this week and see if its possible...
