So it's sticky enough to keep the gasket in the VC valley, but still slippery enough to prevent it from binding up when tightening (similar to lubing an oil filter gasket). I never removed the valve cover but are all the screws the same lenght and size? It's a slippery substance but is viscous. Lifetime warranty, don't have to worry about broken bolts, and you know it's not cracked from heat cycling. Reason: Automerged Doublepost. I remove it in my car already. If you do have stripped holes I guess you best best would be re-threading if it's even possible given the location... "Fully tighten, 8Nm (6 ft-lb) (10mm socket 3/8" / 3/8" torque wrench & extension). Probably good general advice when working with plastic clips. That need to tighten to the specification of the manual. Bmw n54 valve cover tightening sequence. 2016 Chevy Silverado. Spec is 89 in lb, 7. Put together screen caps of instructions on replacing the N54 Valve Cover Gasket.
It's four E8 screws (see picture). I believe it is very low. Try tightening the ones in question without the valve cover on. Use a 7/8 socket to press down on them to fully seat them. The tighten torque is not available for me too. Let me check my bentley. This oil will weep from heat after you do the job and make it look like the VC is leaking again.
Just be patient and don't go for the full torque right away. Not like the cylinder head which is very important to your engine. The top nut must be completely removed, but the bottom one just needs to be removed ~80% of the way. 1965 Jacobsen Chief 800. 1967/77 Bolens 1054/G9. "Install 11 bolts w/ washers & grommets at cover perimeter, and 4 bolts/studs w/ washers & grommets at cover center (10mm socket 3/8" / 3/8" ratchet & extension). Use a small pick to pop them open (I used the 4 piece orange handle set from HF). It took me ~5 passes before the bolts stopped loosening after I tightened the other bolts around them. N54 valve cover torque sequence diagram pdf. Valve cover screw torque specs? I believe it is 10nm. Someone might have stripped them before you and just left'em in there that way. It will likely be coated in oil and have oil in the bent sheet metal crevices. Using the glycerin (as spec'd) seems pretty smart.
1986 Oldsmobile 442. You can install the spark plug shields after installing the VC. Personal preference here. In other words, the nuts just bottom out.
I buy socks from Amazon. If some of them are shorter or thinner maybe you've placed them wrong? "Tighten bolts/studs evenly working back and forth, assuring even pressure distribution on cover. Yeah sounds like you stripped them somehow. If it's in the budget, but a whole valve cover from FCPEuro. N54 valve cover torque specs nm. That's why the vcg was leaking? I'm wondering if it's the stud spinning. Hand tighten all of the VC bolts in the correct order a few times. And you may have some stripped (. You don't have to remove injectors. Leak out of the cam shaft area. For some reason 3 screws just keep turning and never tight?
I didn't break any clips using this method. Originally Posted by Martin 03 325i. I don't see were hand tightened and torqued to specs. Remove the heat shield above the turbos and clean it up.
Thought I'd include some tips/trick I noticed while doing this over the weekend. Then the solenoids can tilt forward and slide off their posts. 1962 Springfield Gem. I just got done working on this on my car. So i just tighten it so that it feel a little tight is OK. because it is just a valve's cover just to prevent the engine oil. Removing them will make the process easier though. From your valve's cover gasket and you jut tighten it up a little bit more. Before removing the heat shield, you may want to remove the boost solenoids. I've comapred between getting it hand tight and torquing it to the proper amount (I think it's something like 6-8 lb-ft) and the washers are compressed a lot more if you just hand tighten it. Can someone please tell me the torque specs of the screw around the valve cover, I am working on this right now that [IMG][/IMG]. Otherwise I'd say you might have stripped either the srews or the holes/nuts.