how tight to tighten valve covers?
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how tight to tighten valve covers?
i replaced my gasket on my passenger side valve cover, how tight should bolt it down?
right now its down hand tight with a small cresent wrench, but not nearly as tight as i could get it if i used a bigger tool or put my back into it.
right now its down hand tight with a small cresent wrench, but not nearly as tight as i could get it if i used a bigger tool or put my back into it.
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From: High Orbit
If you don't have a tq wrench, just snug them down. You don't want to get gorilla with them because they'll just start caving in the valve cover/possibly messing up the gasket seal. Tighten the inner ones, then the outer ones, then go back and recheck the inner ones, etc. Check them again later as needed.
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