The Bentley manuals and the TIS CD call for lubing replacement valve cover gaskets with glycerin on the mating surface of the head. This has got to be the first reference in my 25 years of working on cars for using candy ingredients on an engine. The parts guy at the stealership I bought the parts at said their service guys put them on dry.
What have other forum members used for this? I'd like to get after this in the next couple of days, since when I peeked under the plug covers the valleys had a bunch of oil in them (no misfire troubles yet, but I ruined my wife's turkey baster getting the oil out).
Thanks for any input, forum homies.
Just pickthe highest temp engine gasket tube from your local shop. I think I got something that was red and worked fine. Been a whole year since I used it and still no leaks from the back.
try a search also from the archives also.
I've successfully used both Permatex hylomar and Permatex black RTV.
Thanks, Guys. I ended up putting them on dry. Maneuvering the left cover under the wires and in those tight conditions was a real bitch. It took five tries before I could get it in place without the gasket dropping off the cover. Before securing it down I did a thorough check around the cover to see if the gasket was in place, and it appears it was. I used a good RTV for the half moon cutouts and the timing cover junction, and managed to not smear it all over hell and gone. Got the left gasket changed and all the plugs swapped out before it got dark last night, and am going out to finish the right cover now. Wish me luck.
Apparently, I got to this just in time. Several of the spark plug galleries were almost completely filled with oil. I sucked up as much as I could with shop towels to avoid having it run into the combustion chamber when I pulled the plugs. So... if I managed not to yank anything loose and can get all the connectors hooked back up, I should be in business. That is until I swap out the radiator and water pump next week.
