Finally fixed my valve cover leak!

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Finally fixed my valve cover leak!

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I have been battling a valve cover oil leak ever since I got my stroker on the road. Well I finally took my calipers to everything and noticed the strange round circles around each tapped hole in my aluminum head. The metal washer/bushing that goes inside the rubber grommets on the valve covers are just too long. I took .040" off each of the post part of the end of the bushings and now everything is dry. Im not really sure if the gasket I got was a little thinner but I'm just glad its fixed.
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Interesting. I will have to remember this for future use.
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Good input.
I've never had a problem, but now that you mentioned it whenever I would tighten the bolts they didn't seem to compress the grommet much.

Takeing a few minutes and carefully kissing them on a disk sander might not be a bad idea.
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One other idea is that the rubber bushings in the valve cover are compressed past usable and have taken a set.
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I think you may be right SilverXJ. My last valve cover I didn't have this problem with. Does anyone know the part number for the grommets?
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Torque Limiter Sleeve: 53020598AB
Valve Cover Bolt Grommet: 53010424

New grommets usually come with a felpro gasket
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My VC was leaking at the upper grommets, so I replaced them and the elbows and bought a new fel-pro blue gasket with grommets. It then started leaking at the front passenger corner. I over-torqued the bolts--still leaking. I took it off and used rtv--still leaking. I am gonna try to grind down those sleeves.
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