-nick

I'm coming up on valve adjusting time. Already bought the gasket kit. I've recently discovered that my favorite gasket dressing - permatex hylomar - is now more expensive than gold and tough to obtain. So what is everyone using?

dfinnegan

A little bit of oil.

Colin 90 C2

no gasket dressing should be required. The o-ring gaskets fit semi snugly in the covers. I just use a little grease to hold them in place til I can get the covers on.

Geoffrey

Install them dry.

springer3

+1, or use O-ring grease to hold them in place and protect the O-ring grove from corrosion. Gasket sealer leaves a residue that needs to be cleaned off next time.

yellowducman

Dry here.

Geoffrey

To go further, I install all paper based gaskets dry and use silicone paste on any rubber o-ring part. Paper gaskets with rubber sealer are installed dry.

airfan

blue hylomar

-nick

Thanks for the responses - though surprising. I'm used to using hylomar to coat paper gaskets with as it stays moist and keeps the paper from drying out over time (and leaking).

Looks like I'll just coat the rubber valve cover gaskets with some oil.

elbeee964

Yup -- cuz they'll get that way eventually on their own...

tbennett017

...and you don't need much pressure at all. I have heard 7 ft lbs...but I just tightened them to "wrist" tight using a 1/4 inch drive, with a short handle. No drips after 1K miles.