J1720

True about it is being a minor inconvenience. I just never had so many do overs on a rebuilt like this one. Just frustrating.

zerMATT951

I haven't been all that happy with this LR gasket on my engine. I've got oil seeping out of the head/cam tower seam all the way around since my rebuild. I've re-torqued it a couple times, even increasing torque a bit to be sure. Still seeps out both on the intake and the exhaust side... a tiny bit all the way around.

reno808

here this is better. Pay someone to do work and then have to go over it as you keep finding them.

J1720

Good point Reno. I feel better

J1720

zerMATT, That is good to know. I think I'll replace the Cam seal with a OME one , when I do the 1K belt retention.

Reimu

Bought my rebuild stuff from lindsey and my cam tower gasket as been leaking as well. I did everything as you should and it still has an annoying leak. The back of the block on the passenger side feels permanently greasy.

That doesn't bug me as much as my leaking rms...

J1720

RMS leak stinks!!!!!!

What a disappointment

J1720

Well.... The cam tower is leaking from two spots now. I'm tearing it apart to replace the gasket with an OME one.


Very disappointed in the LR gasket!!!

Tom M'Guinn

A friend did a side by side comparison of the Victor Reinz gasket vs. the official dealer gasket and he swears the factory gasket it thicker. I haven't seen it myself yet, but will try to get him to post pictures.

J1720

Interesting.

lart951

One word guys MLS, never mind I just noticed that it's the cam gasket that is leaking

Techno Duck

There was a thread on here where a few people posted experiences with that rubber coated gasket from LR. The general consensus was it leaked for pretty much everyone.. the gasket was not made to seal better than stock. Like Brian said, LR mentioned it was originally made for cars running a solid lifter cam. My car had a freshly milled head (on cam side) but not the cam tower.. it still leaked. I think decking both mating surfaces is a requirement. OE is fine in my opinion.. i only bought that gasket thinking it would seal better than stock like you.. unfortunately it was after the fact that the thread with everyone's experiences came up. Would have saved me $50 and having to pull the timing belt and cam tower off again after running my engine for all of 5 minutes in the garage.

Luckily i have a WorldPac parts supply warehouse about 10 minutes from my house and that gasket is stocked.. i would have been pissed if i needed to wait another 3-4 days for $10 gasket.

If you redo your RMS, i recommend using the Elring seal. Also i have the factory RMS arbor press for installing the RMS. If you want PM me and you can borrow it.

Edit - here is the thread https://rennlist.com/forums/944-turb...ght=cam+gasket

J1720

Great info Techno Duck! I wished I did some research before I bought the LR gasket

J1720

Well... I replaced the cam gasket with an OME and It's leak free!!!

I drove it around tonight and it runs well

Just the AFM is a little rich.

refresh951

I always put a bit of Permatex on the stock gasket (both sides) around the oil hole in the back. Since I have been doing that , no more leaks on the cam tower.