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lhd wrote:If I ever take mine off again I will be replaceing it with this.
http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/index.php?p ... t&Itemid=6" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Then you don't have to replace it every time and it comes with new studs to boot.

If I had time I would get one....Great idea

Take the cover off and see if it is warped.

Simon Baxter wrote:Take the cover off and see if it is warped.

Checked that and it seems ok. If I had time I would try another cover...

Changing a rocker cover gasket is pretty easy, the torque is something like 10 or 15nm which is only just over finger tight, you have a spare GSF gasket, as long as the stud holes are the correct size then you know that the problem is going to be the over lengthened part between the N/S rear stud and the cam gasket, cut a bit out if you have to then fill this with gasket sealant if you cut out to much.
Make sure the cam gasket is placed correctly I always find the best view is from underneath n/s.
If the worst comes to the worst take 5ltr of oil with you, not exactly green but hey BP are pumping out "pooh" loads of poison every minute.
Rob.

Seems to me there is something fundamentaly wrong here, just how bad is this oil leak?
mike

Hacksawbob wrote:VW?

part No. 026 198 025 A
set of gaskets for
cylinder head cover
for stud with shoulder

£10

Or Mr Brick does them
http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/index.php?k ... hop.browse

At last I stopped the leak! We are still in Spain and not leaving hige oil slicks wherever we park! I orded a gasket from VW here in Spain. When I took the GSF one off it looked like it had been on there for yrs not days. It was broken in several places and had gone brittle, so brittle that I could snap it like a dry twig! I cleaned and removed any trace of the old gasket and sealant making sure not a trace was left. I then tried the VW gasket and it fitted like a glove, no sealant needed! I then tighened it slowly at diaganals so it was hand tight.

So far not a drop of oil... Dam GSF and there crap parts - We should start a list of GSF parts not to use... Now for the white smoke when the engine is cold and screaming turbo....I will start a new post for that!

Thanks for all the help.

Joe

Given that most garages don't check the tappets and the cam cover is likely to stay in place for longer than a year then the ALL RUBBER gasket sounds like a good solution. (still have a bee in my bonnet about these shims not being checked as they should tho)
Martin