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Re: Barn raising
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The covers were tightened to spec and still leaks. Finally removed the gaskets and put a finger smear of RTV on the top and bottom of the gasket. Next day the same oil drip was on the pan. I then removed the valve covers again and installed the FelPro rubber ones that were on the truck before the bent push rod. They are a much better design, I guess I was just going on the thought that since the new ones were designed for fabricated covers they should be better for my application.
So far I have driven the truck about 30 miles on the better gaskets and they are not leaking, but time will tell.
They make extra thick ones for the cast valve covers that is what I used because with the stock ones the valve covers hit the intake runners causing them not to tighten down all the way
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