Can you over torque valve cover bolts?

Can you over torque valve cover bolts?

Can you over tighten valve covers? You can ‘t over tighten the valve cover cap nuts to “squish” the gasket. Well you can, but you ‘ll break the studs off. The cap nuts will bottom out at the appropriate torque and distance to the head.

What should torque specs be for valve cover?

What you want in step one is to LIGHTLY tighten the cover so that it is on properly, THEN you retighten everything to final specs. if you were to put it on, then on bolt 1, you tighten it to the final specs, you run the risk of cracking or bending the cover, because you know that once you tighten it, the other side will lift up a bit.

How many steps do you need to tighten a valve cover?

Just a suggestion but you should do this as you do every multi-bolt tightening, take them down in steps. finger tight first, 30 inch pounds second and then final tension. This will always set a gasket so it will seal the best. The more intensive to replace the gasket the more steps I take. A head gasket gets at least 5 steps. YMMMV:thumbsup:

Is the valve cover the same as the spark plug?

Seal packing is the same thing as High-Temp RTV-Silicone gasket maker, & the smaller of the two gaskets is for the outer plastic cover that covers the spark plug wires. You could also replace the 4 round spark plug seals that mount on the valve cover.

What you want in step one is to LIGHTLY tighten the cover so that it is on properly, THEN you retighten everything to final specs. if you were to put it on, then on bolt 1, you tighten it to the final specs, you run the risk of cracking or bending the cover, because you know that once you tighten it, the other side will lift up a bit.

Just a suggestion but you should do this as you do every multi-bolt tightening, take them down in steps. finger tight first, 30 inch pounds second and then final tension. This will always set a gasket so it will seal the best. The more intensive to replace the gasket the more steps I take. A head gasket gets at least 5 steps. YMMMV:thumbsup:

Seal packing is the same thing as High-Temp RTV-Silicone gasket maker, & the smaller of the two gaskets is for the outer plastic cover that covers the spark plug wires. You could also replace the 4 round spark plug seals that mount on the valve cover.