Aligning Valve Cover Gaskets With Bolt Holes

Brent Ackley & George Vondriska

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Very rarely do the gasket holes line up with bolt holes when you are replacing valve cover gaskets. Brent Ackley teaches a helpful trick to properly align these holes. Use this method to make sure you have a good seal.

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One Response to “Aligning Valve Cover Gaskets With Bolt Holes”

George October 14th, 2021

Nothing wrong with the old string through the hole trick, too.

So here's the problem. Putting the gaskets in here, the holes, I mean, very rarely do the holes actually line up. So you need to align the holes with the holes where the bolt has gotta go through. So, as you can see here, I've only got half a gasket showing. If I just try and stuff the bolt in there, it's gonna smash that gasket, it's not gonna line it up. And ya gotta make sure that that gasket is in the right spot. So I just take a small screwdriver. And get that gasket hole lined up with the bolt holes. Then we can start the bolt, and we know the gasket's lined up, everything should seal up just fine.

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