Rocker/Valve Cover Gasket replace when engine is warm or cold ?

[leegt5]

As title really. I was thinking its best to do it when cold. Is this right ?

[Wayne]

Yes cold.

[leegt5]

Cheers mate !! Looks like im cycling down GSF in the morning then !!

[Wayne]

Cheers mate !! Looks like im cycling down GSF in the morning then !!

Good luck, easy enough to change.

[leegt5]

Yeah I did it last weekend and its easy enough but two of the studs came loose over the week and it was leaking.

So loosened them all today to tighten up in sequence. As I have now found out that once the gaskets been fitted, after a week of warm ups and down the gasket goes hard so if you loosen the bolts and tighten them back up with a hard gasket it doesn't seal so I need to replace it again.

[Wayne]

Is yours not the rubber type gasket.

[leegt5]

Is yours not the rubber type gasket.

Yeah its rubber but when I fitted it last weekend it was softer and today before I done them all back up again it was quite stiff.

[Wayne]

No worries