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Just installed valve cover w/ new gasket. Run or wait?

Started by 4strings, March 14, 2011, 03:29:00 PM

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Hi all, I installed a new valve cover gasket using Gasket Shellac.  Should I wait a day to let it set up, or run it now to hear her purr?

Run it
4 (80%)
Wait for Shellac to set
1 (20%)

Total Members Voted: 5

4strings

I'm just wondering if you guys think a bit of extra shellac will hurt anything like the oil passages.  I didn't goop a ton on there, just enough to make it stick so just a little squished out when I tightened it all down.
'93 GS500E
-15T Front Sprocket
-Bar-end Mirrors
-ProGrip Gel Grips
-GSX600 Rear Shock
-CBR900RR Front Pegs
-Fenderectomy
-Custom Stealth Tail light
-Scorpion Battery
-Progressive Fork Springs
-WOLO Dual Tone Air Horn
-12V Accessory Outlet
-Ebay Carbon Look [lol]Levers
-CNC Aluminum Fork Brace

burning1

Wait... Wut?

AFAIK, the valve cover gasket is supposed to be lubricated with oil, and shouldn't need any kind of coating.

4strings

No, I didn't coat it, I used the sealer between the gasket and cover to make the gasket stay on valve cover like Kerry's vid said.
'93 GS500E
-15T Front Sprocket
-Bar-end Mirrors
-ProGrip Gel Grips
-GSX600 Rear Shock
-CBR900RR Front Pegs
-Fenderectomy
-Custom Stealth Tail light
-Scorpion Battery
-Progressive Fork Springs
-WOLO Dual Tone Air Horn
-12V Accessory Outlet
-Ebay Carbon Look [lol]Levers
-CNC Aluminum Fork Brace

gsJack

I voted run it.  I did my first valve adjustments without any sealer but it was getting to be a pain in the butt keeping the gasket in place on the cover while I got the cover into place on the engine thru the cables, wires, etc so I started sticking the gasket to the cover with non hardening green Permatex on one side only of course.  Much easier that way to stick a new one on and it stays there for a few valve checks.  I change gaskets about every 30k miles when they dry out and start leaking, no sealer is required to seal it's just to keep them in place.
407,400 miles in 30 years for 13,580 miles/year average.  Started riding 7/21/84 and hung up helmet 8/31/14.

noiseguy

I use Yamabond on a couple of places on the gaskets. The factory service manual designates a couple of spots; the right angle parts of the cover, which tend to leak even with a new gasket for me. Yamabond is a little different than an RTV type seal, though either is probably fine.
1990 GS500E: .80 kg/mm springs, '02 Katana 600 rear shock, HEL front line, '02 CBR1000R rectifier, Buddha re-jet, ignition cover, fork brace: SOLD

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