jham Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Hello all,Have just had my rocker cover power coated, Recieved it back and re-fitted to car with new Rocker Cover gasket, drove down the motorway and checked engine, noticed theres oil coming from the spark plug wholes.Is there supposed to be another gasket for the spark plug wholes?any info much appreciated cheers Quote
Starbuck Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Just the one gasket as far as i know.Have the nuts been tightend properly? IIRC its about 7nm on a torque wrench.... Quote
jham Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 thats what i thought, bit concerned now as im not driving the car until this mechanic (friend of family) is going to order me new gasket for the plugs, i kept saying im sure it doesnt have one but thought id check on here Quote
the quiet achiever Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Hello all,Have just had my rocker cover power coated, Recieved it back and re-fitted to car with new Rocker Cover gasket, drove down the motorway and checked engine, noticed theres oil coming from the spark plug wholes.Is there supposed to be another gasket for the spark plug wholes?any info much appreciated cheershi the spark plug tubes have a seal on the inside the tappet cover that they push into when cover is fitted did you put them back ?? lyle Quote
ryan lang Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 as far as i remember there are seals on the inside of the rocker where the spark plug tubes are, must have come out in powder coating dude Quote
Idrees Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 As above, these most likely got destroyed when you had it powder coated as they would have melted.Please don't tell us you had the inside shot blasted by the way?! Quote
jham Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 ha no didnt have inside shot blasted, yea he said they probs got blatsted off to, i followed guide exsact on removing cover didnt say anything about removing spark plug seal ah well wil have to await new ones to arrive.ive waited a month for insurance to start on car had this done whilst off the road. day finaly come and only drove for an hour ha Quote
jham Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 thanks all anyway... got some nice parts on order so will be starting build thread tonight Quote
Idrees Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Looking forward to it. The seal would have most probably melted, I'm not sure if they can even be removed without damaging them. Quote
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