Tips for Installing Press-in-Place Valve Cover Gaskets | Fel-Pro Gaskets
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Designed to seal the valve cover to the top of the cylinder head, the valve cover gasket is designed to keep motor oil from leaking out. For tips on installing Fel-Pro® press-in-place valve cover gaskets, along with spark plug tube seals and valve cover grommets, check out this video featuring ASE Master Certified Technician John Gurnig of the Fel-Pro Field Test Garage.
Designed specifically for the repair environment to help seal imperfect sealing surfaces, you can count on Fel-Pro sets to include all the parts you need to complete the repair. John first demonstrates the proper technique for installing a press-in-place a valve cover gasket and then gives pointers for working with spark plug tube seals and grommets. Experience the Fel-Pro Difference and see why we are The Gaskets Professionals Trust™.
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I've always used fel-pro Gaskets, but I built an engine a couple years ago and a very reputable mechanic told me to never use them because they're junk. So I bought my gaskets from fel-pro because I make my own decisions and they've never let me down. Engine runs great and doesn't leak. Some people just get weird ideas in their head and others listen to them and follow along. It's easier to follow than it is to think
I've been using your gaskets for like years 40 years
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I'm am very impressed with the retention features on the ford triton 4.6 valve cover gaskets made the job very simple very easy. Thank you.
Same here (4.6 stang gt)
I’m so dumb. I just got done, watched this, and realized I put the spark plug seals upside down and bolted it all back…..GOD DAMNIT!!!!
You are not dumb you are just learning.👍
Shit happens, atleast you fixed it before you possibly had an issue.
It’s not gods fault.
Aye bro we dumb… duck I mean learning with u dawg. I did that same thang☠️
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There is a lot of confusion about the spark plug tube seals. Which way is up? I've seen them put in upside down. It would be nice if Fel-Pro included an instruction sheet to tell people which side goes up and which side goes down instead of having to guess.
Refered to your vid..im installing felpro silicone valve cover gaskets on 1999 toyota sienna..thanks for rtv tip..got it!
Since the blue gaskets fall out when you try to put them on; I've tried spots of rtv (it worked, but it still sagged so badly between application spots i managed to pinch the gasket). This time i sprayed the valve cover gasket with super 77. It was way better, held in like a champ.
Hey man I really wanna thank you for making this comment!!
I was having a NIGHTMARE of a time with this on my G37, and I bought a can of the Super 77 and it worked on my first attempt 🙏🏼
Fel-Pro makes good stuff; I have confidence in their products.
never had good luck with these blue fail pros... switched to oem/mahle/etc and couldn't be happier.
Was wondering about rtv. Thanks for answering!
This was very helpful. Thank you!
Tha ks boss u answered my questions you did a better job then my mechanic did.
Great instruction. Thank you.
Best gaskets in the industry. I've been using Fel-Pro since 1985!
Excellent description; the installation tip about the gasket and tube seal was really helpful! Obligatory Liked and Sub’d! 🔧
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I bought the felpro gasket kit for my 2007 3.5l Honda odyssey j35a7 engine and it doesn't have the two little notches on the gasket like the one in this video. It doesn't fill the grooves all the way. We (the vendors and myself) verified 3 times that it was the correct gasket kit and it just doesn't have the notches.
Those coil seal gaskets are no joke
I used Fel-Pro for my Elantra 2008 valve cover gasket and I never see this video. This is just common sense, not a rocket since. 50 K miles and still good, no leak at all.
Awesome . Do you make a blue gasket like these for a 1973 Buick regal 350 ?
Great one. Thanks
Very helpful
Thank you for this advice boss man!!!!
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The gaskets for the Toyota 1MZFE 3.0L V6 never fit. They are too short and i need tor stretch them out all the time.
How do you keep the valve cover gasket in place while putting it on the head there's so much stuff in the way my gasket keeps falling off PLEASE HELP I'M READY TO GRAB A GALLON OF GAS N SET IT ON FIRE
They have gasket adhesive
Use some silicone rtv
Rtv
Thank you for sharing.
I read the title so watched for 6 minutes and completely missed the part where you installed the valve cover gasket - left scratching my head, oh well, the tiny little spots where the gasket was pushed down just came back up
It would be nice if you all put on the instructions on the back of the cardboard that holds the gaskets. I put RTV on my Fel-Pro Nissan Versa gasket. I didn't know we did not need it because this is my 1st time replacing a gasket.
It would also be nice if they told you which way the spark plug tube seals need to be installed instead of making it so you have to guess about which side of the seal goes up and which side of the seal goes down.
Shiii. I still put rtv down to hold gasket in place and on the block. I don't care what anyone says
@ARNFjB brother I just used it myself I'm about too stick my valve cover back on and stick some on the block too I ant taking that chance 💯😂🤣👌
THANK YOU! 🫡
I love you guys nice job
so if i would get my old seal of an later put it back on again is that good or do i need to have a new one once i pull the cover off??
My fel pro gaskets are both too large for my Montero sport. I’m at a “loss” with how to keep it in place. It does not stay at all. Super frustrating
I got 1 torque in, started the truck ran for 2 seconds, cause i thought i forgot to toque the rocker rail, i took it back apart to re inspect, upon reassembling its already stretched 1inch excess and gotta get new ones 😂
Thank You
Do you adjust valve after replacing the gasket?
We grew up in Skokie lll
What product can I use to “glue” the gasket in place bc on a ram you need to jam it back in place and the gasket keeps getting pulled out of the grove
Great Video, However your Gasket Kit for the popular 1.6L is not complete as it does not have the Grommets for the Valve Cover Change as needed, and as you state. These are imperative to a complete and quality job. Curiously I don't even se that you sell the Grommets for the 1.6L, which is even more concerning as multi manufactured gaskets, seals and grommets are NOT recommended. Nice Video though.
I have a 1996 Buick LeSabre. I’m installing a new water pump. Do I need a gasket sealer for this application? I’m asking about a gasket sealer and not so much about a gasket maker. If so, what product would be recommended? I’ll be using a thread sealer as well. Thank you.
Permatex forma-gasket is the best RTV to use. Only apply it to 1 side of gasket though, place gasket on water pump in the orientation it's going to be installed. Be sure it covers the entire perimeter of pump and set aside a moment. If you have a fine wire wheel bit for a drill driver use that to remove any and all remaining gasket/RTV material left behind on the engines mating surface. Don't apply force with drill bit just lightly graze it, you don't want to gouge the surface. Yes! You wanna get ALL foreign material off. I've been doing this since the time I didn't get all the gasket off and the truck returned 2 weeks later with a slight leak and I could hear that distinctive sound the propeller & bearings make letting you know water pump is going bad. But hey you've got one of the very best engines ever built, other than the 350 5.7L Chevy's Corvette C-5 and in 2001 it was placed into the ZO6 Corvette model. Anyway Chevrolet stopped production of the 5.7L 350 cid in 2005. Yeah there's others; Nissan Titan but the rear axle was geared too low causing less torque, Mopar did it to the Hemi but failed to modify the intake (high-rise). I had the 350 5.7L from the Chevy plant in my 1992 Silverado it was an LS6 which in todays world the engine was produced for the Corvette ZO6. Oh and on your pre-installing of water pump keep the gasket on the pump, flatten out the gasket as best you can and take tube of Permatex and like calking, start a bead and go over the entire perimeter even around bolt holes and don't spread it. Be sure it stays in bead form and once you've covered just the 1 side of gasket pick up pump and put a bolt thru a hole in the top of pump and 1 in bottom of pump, to help keep gasket from moving. Then place it on front of engine having a socket on an extension to finger tighten those 2 bolts just to keep it in place. Then you've got the rest, but you'd mentioned using a thread sealer on bolts? Be careful not to use a product that'll have too much resin or hardener as I broke off a bolt due to that. I use Permatex Threadlocker Blue, Medium Strength and it's always perfect, it'll withstand vibrations and temps 300+ degrees. Be sure to tighten to proper torque and don't tighten in a circle or clockwise. Go across from one another, example - looking at a clock face go 10-40, 50-20, 12-6 I think you've got it engine bolts should be tightened in a similar pattern as a tire ya know. So sorry bro for the Novel damn! I'm an instructor at a Technical College and force of habit I guess. I damn well best break it. Hope this was any help at all Brian. Try and hit me back if need be. Take care of that Buick you'll get a million miles out of it. Keep air filter changed and use full Synthetic oil 5W20 and a WIX oil filter the one that's made to filter raw crude oil like synthetic.
Have a great night bro and God bless!
Peace,
Mister Darren Goodwrench 🧰🔧
2:05 driving me nuts 🥵 Plus my cover isn't clean of course
Why are you making so many of your gaskets in China now? Every gasket in the latest set I got from felpro was made in China. Are these blue press in place gaskets as good as OEM?
China CRAP
hell no. never had good luck with these blue gaskets. switched to mahle/anything but fail-pro instead and very happy now.
Just had a customer with a blue felpro VC gasket completely fail. The gasket has turned to mush. Not good
My VS 50080R valve cover gasket came in grey color instead of blue. Does that mean its fake?
That's nice on a perfectly clean valve cover, but what about when it has oil on it, and the gasket won't stay in? Is there a fix for that? Because that would be useful.
You're joking, right?
I call B.S. I just got done installing valve cover gaskets in a 5.7l hemi. Felpro gaskets were junk, for to order separate grommet gaskets and the valve cover gasket wasn't made properly and kept falling out of groove. Quality left the company for price gouging profits.
I'm going through this on a hemi now...how did u get it to stay in the groove
@propcrazy2317 honestly I used a dab of grease on the locking tabs to keep it sticking. You don't ever want to use rtv sealant on these types of gaskets. Be mindful on dropping them in and torque to spec. Mechanics mirror helps to triple check alignment once the cover is on and some of the bolts are finger started.
How did you remove the bolts from the valve cover in order to replace the grummuts
My Fel-Pro gasket seems a bit too big and keeps coming out when i flip it upside down. 2008 Mazda 3 :(
I might have to heat it up so it expands but i'm really nervous now about using it. I'm just a basic youtube mechanic and thought it would be so easy lol.
Just use a little of that 3M glue that is designed for gaskets on the corners, let it dry and then install. Replaced both valve cover gaskets recently on a '10 Hemi and had the same issue you did as it appeared the gasket was simply too large for my particular engine. Gluing the corners first solved the problem.
Another fel-pro video said not to use any sealant at all on valve cover gaskets. Need to verify which it is a dab in certain spots or none?
hello , I used Fel pro valve cover gasket , when I closed it , the cover with my car spec, 6.75 ft./lbs torque, but with the gap between I can still see the gasket , its that supposed to be?
I want to see him do this in hot nasty dirty conditions
I rebuilt my wj 4.7 like 5 years ago and this felpro gaskets are beginning to fail. First water pump gasket and now the dayum valve cover gaskets what a junk, and yes I'm ASE certified tech which doesn't mean crap torqued the valve covers and water pump to specs to prevent this from happening and still did. Going to research for sylicone gasket set, victor reinz maybe? Or just use plain permatex right stuff.
I bought a valve cover gasket from them doesn’t fit well
What’s the torque on a 350 Chevrolet motor dial covers
Could u put gasket sealant in a hole where the valve cover screw broke? If one screw broke would it cause a leak even with that sealant in it.
I believe it will leak sooner. The seal is uneven with a screw missing.
They make a tool to extract broken bolts. Easyout is a common producer. Or you could clean things real well and slather a bunch of rtv in there, 5 inches in both directions, button it up, let it set up for 48 hours, and cross your fingers. I'd go with the first choice.
I have 1/2 moons on my toyota 22re. Is the rtv just applied to the bottom of the moon and on top where it meets the head? Thks..jc
What kind of rtv there are different kinds I am trying to do my 2007 Acura TL
Chose one that's good for high heat ,oil and gas resistance. Like ultra black.
Hondabond
@3:05 I have a ford 3.5l NA engine and all the videos I have seen show the tapered side faces up and they are installed from the top of the valve cover?
Jus confirmed w Fel-Pro that the ford 3.5l oil seal, is installed with cup facing upwards and from the top of the valve cover
nissan 3.3 L V6 gaskets aren't mirrored, is that normal? One installs flat side down the other round side down
Does it say that in a manual or is that how the ones were when you took it apart? That's very strange
Well done!. No cheap Chinese crap! :)
that is the VS 50705 R
What the hell ever happened to a simple rectangle? The way God intended
Well, given god is a man made construct and man and(his/her)ideas evolve that is, change over time you see the current results of 2022 fartpro gaskets! Anymore questions? 🤣
Your gasket didn't stay in place. There isn't any sort of retention feature mentioned here.
The gaskets on a coyote SUCK! They keep rolling out from under my valve covers.
I was hoping you could help me with the LS motor valve cover gaskets why are they designed completely wrong does anybody make one that fits inside the group properly I don't understand the design of them it makes it no sense all the gaskets do not fit inside the groove properly. Please tell me why
What brand is that blue gasket?
I'm assuming fel pro 😑
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I'm a master machine for lockeed Martin
My gasket keeps falling out after flipping
Put little bit of silicone to keep it in p
Do you make those kinds of gaskets for a 1994 jeep grand Cherokee 5.2l V8 engine and valve covers
I have a question can you install a valve cover gasket on a 2012 Kia forte with the motor warmed up the only reason I'm asking is because I have to drive my car to my mechanic to have him put a valve cover gasket on it because mine is leaking
Autozone sold me 2 sets of these gaskets for dodge charger and they were not EXACT FIT 🗣️🗣️
I find the quality of Fel-Pro Gaskets have gone quit a but over time. Such that the make them so as not to actually fit in the grove of the Valve cover tightly. Which results in making the install much more work and as such you have to use RTV to hold the things in place. Recommend putting RTV every 3" and at the ends of corners and one in the corner.
Yes. I had this happen. It didn't sit properly and now I have to redo the whole thing. Am going to purchase another brand of gasket.
Do you think rtv or spray glue would work better?
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Grahmit
HOLD IT IT DID NOT ALIGN WITH THE GROVE BEFORE YOU STARTED PUSHING IT STOP THE CRAP
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Which RTV?
Ultra black will work: just any that are for high heat, oil, gas, etc
@@tiffanyv4205 thx. Turns out the product has a different product number in Canada, couldn’t figure out what the difference was bc the label was slightly different but apparently it’s the same product
Thank you God bless y'all
Great training video! Very informative. Thank You