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I somehow wound up with the wrong bolt in the lower corner of my driver's side valve cover, the one closest to the firewall.
It seemed like every time I noticed it I didn't have time to deal with it.
Yesterday I did an oil and filter change, and I could see evidence of oil "leaking" down the back corner, and that reminded me of that loose bolt.
I moved the stud from the front lower bolt hole to the rear, because I found I couldn't get a bolt in to that hard to reach spot once the vc was on, and the nut on the stud made it easier.
I removed the old Fel-Pro cork gasket, cleaned the vc surface of residue, put a thin layer of silicone RTV on the vc surface and put the cork gasket on the vc.
Put it all back together and I will clean up the surfaces etc under the hood that have "automotive fluids" on them, and see how that all goes.
It seemed like every time I noticed it I didn't have time to deal with it.
Yesterday I did an oil and filter change, and I could see evidence of oil "leaking" down the back corner, and that reminded me of that loose bolt.
I moved the stud from the front lower bolt hole to the rear, because I found I couldn't get a bolt in to that hard to reach spot once the vc was on, and the nut on the stud made it easier.
I removed the old Fel-Pro cork gasket, cleaned the vc surface of residue, put a thin layer of silicone RTV on the vc surface and put the cork gasket on the vc.
Put it all back together and I will clean up the surfaces etc under the hood that have "automotive fluids" on them, and see how that all goes.
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