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Old Jan 19, 2014, 05:33 PM
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Just recently took my valve cover off and had it powder coated wrinkle blue. Followed a thread to put valve cover back on using the torque specs and cracked the valve cover slightly. Sucks. Anyone done this before. Is there a fix or do I have to suck it up and buy a new one. Anyone have one they are looking to sell.
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Old Jan 19, 2014, 05:53 PM
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Sucks man same thing happened to me. It was a big crack though, oil went everywhere. Had to fork out money for new one?
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Old Jan 19, 2014, 05:55 PM
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I was afraid of that. I'm looking to find a used one on here with no cracks but if I can't find one by April then I will have to fork out some money for a stupid mistake. Can't believe it cracked so easily. There pretty costly
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may want to check ft lbs vs inch lbs.
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Old Jan 19, 2014, 06:25 PM
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I found a thread and it was inch pounds. I read that the inch pounds it listed can be to much. This seems to be a common problem with these valve covers.
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Old Jan 19, 2014, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by jk_evo8
I found a thread and it was inch pounds. I read that the inch pounds it listed can be to much. This seems to be a common problem with these valve covers.
Cool, its just a common mistake.
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Same thing happened to me a while ago. These valve covers are very delicate so ever since then I am very very careful to not over tighten the thing.
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Clean it up good before you JB-Weld it.
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Old Jan 20, 2014, 01:38 PM
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I have an evo 8 valve cover I'd be interested in selling you if you are unable to fix yours..PM me if you are interested.
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they are magnesium or something right? brittle
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Originally Posted by mk12arv
they are magnesium or something right? brittle
Yes they are magnesium. When i powdercoated my VC and had to redo the rivets underneath i took the shavings and burned them. Ooooo pretty colors.
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Old Feb 5, 2014, 07:53 AM
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Thinking about doing this myself as well. What color did you choose before your unfortunate mishap? Any before after pics?
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Just buy a new one. I had a tiny crack and tried to JB it. It looked horrible and it still leaked. Ended up buying a new one.
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Just buy a new one. I had a tiny crack and tried to JB it. It looked horrible and it still leaked. Ended up buying a new one.
The trick is to glue it from INSIDE! :}
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how can it possibly break so easily?
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