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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.