Anyone got a spare cam cover they dont want ?
My one has developed a crack near the 2nd right hand bolt and it's just peeing Oil all over the exhaust manifold :'(
Sam
ive had two covers crack in the same spot
There's a bit of a story behind this one though ...
I bought a new gasket a few months ago, fitted it and all was ok.
A week ago I noticed that it started leaking. I tightened the bolts but it didn't seem to make any difference.
I asked the person I bought it from and he said to tighten it more !
After tightening it to the point where It just didn't seem right, and it still leaked I decided to take the cover off.
I found the gasket had delaminated and the bottom half of the delaminated peice had shrunk,.
I was fairly pissed given the relative newness of the gasket.
I bought another gasket and while the cover was off, I decided to do wrinkle finish on it.
Spent the best part of last weekend cleaning, painting, drying etc. it looked really good.
Even though I made sure I didn't do the cover up to tight I heard a faint cracking noise on that particular bolt, but didn't think anything of it.
In hindsight, I think the cover was weakened from all the over tightening, when I put it back on , it just needed a slight bit of pressure and it cracked.
This has cost me a week-end plus $100.00 for the 2 gaskets, paint etc. ...
It's not the end yet. I still need to find a cam cover and a new gasket.
Sam
Hi Sam you can buy my whole Alfetta GTV 2lt engine for $100 including the cam cover!!!! Down near Geelong though.
http://www.alfaclubvic.org.au/forum/index.php?topic=6687.0 (http://www.alfaclubvic.org.au/forum/index.php?topic=6687.0)
Ren