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FE Power Forums => FE Technical Forum => Topic started by: KsHighboy on October 17, 2020, 04:54:27 PM

Title: Valve cover gasket questions
Post by: KsHighboy on October 17, 2020, 04:54:27 PM

My passenger vc is leaking and I have several old cork gaskets around. You guys think it would be advisable to use old cork? The gasket i have is an old, probably 15yrs old. Do they dry out over time or not? I wouldn't say it feels as new but its not brittle. If I need to go buy new then what gasket is best?

Title: Re: Valve cover gasket questions
Post by: blykins on October 17, 2020, 05:36:27 PM

Cork does eventually go bad, but it usually dries out over time and breaks down. 

With that being said, I only use cork valve cover gaskets.  Not a fan of the rubber ones.   

Title: Re: Valve cover gasket questions
Post by: Heo on October 18, 2020, 01:38:24 AM

If the cork is dried out the gasket is to small. You can soak it in hot water that way
it swell to the right size and gets more pliabel