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Phil Payne · 26-06-10, 11:35 PM

I would guess this car has cam cover studs with shoulders. It's quite likely it originally shipped ex-factory with a cork gasket, and it's easy to over-torque the nuts on these and drag the cover down into the gasket at the holes.

The solution is to flatten the cover with two bits of hardwood and a large incremental adjustment device - a.k.a. a tapometer.

26-06-10, 11:35 PM	#57
Phil Payne Banned Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1,809	I would guess this car has cam cover studs with shoulders. It's quite likely it originally shipped ex-factory with a cork gasket, and it's easy to over-torque the nuts on these and drag the cover down into the gasket at the holes. The solution is to flatten the cover with two bits of hardwood and a large incremental adjustment device - a.k.a. a tapometer.