serious wisdom needed please

[edpryce]

i'll have a look for water in the footwell, but even if there is any there it wont explain too much, as my sunroof is the most water tight so the passenger seat often gets wet.

Is replacing the rocker cover gasket just a case of unbolting all the bots, removing the cover, removing the old gasket, and placing a new one on. Then placing a new one on and tightening it up?

when i changed my sump gasket, the guy helping me used some blue gungey stuff do help it stick? do i need to do this?

thanks

[edpryce]

not the greatest picture, but you can see where it is coming out of, sort of.
 


how do you know what is "too tight" when doing them up?

[Alpine mike]

To get it right as VW intended you'll need a torque wrench and a manual with the correct torque settings. do you have a haynes manual?

[DarnPB]

The oil breather is on top of the rocker cover. It is a small flying saucer shaped thing with a rubber tube connecting to the induction system. The engine naterally breaths water vapour and oil vapours and this system recycles it through the engine. If the condensation in this tube freezes, you could end up with crank case compression, and that is a sure way to find your unhealthy gaskets.

[edpryce]

yup got a haynes, couldnt find anything on it in there though? Is there another name for it other then "rocker cover"?

dont have a torque wrench as i am normally the idiot borrowing tools.  how much will one set me back? about time i bought one.

 

The oil breather is on top of the rocker cover. It is a small flying saucer shaped thing with a rubber tube connecting to the induction system. The engine naterally breaths water vapour and oil vapours and this system recycles it through the engine. If the condensation in this tube freezes, you could end up with crank case compression, and that is a sure way to find your unhealthy gaskets.

haha thanks, seems like you log on at just about the time we loose our daylight! cheers, will look tomorrow

Ed

[DarnPB]

yup got a haynes, couldnt find anything on it in there though? Is there another name for it other then "rocker cover"?

dont have a torque wrench as i am normally the idiot borrowing tools.  how much will one set me back? about time i bought one.

 

The oil breather is on top of the rocker cover. It is a small flying saucer shaped thing with a rubber tube connecting to the induction system. The engine naterally breaths water vapour and oil vapours and this system recycles it through the engine. If the condensation in this tube freezes, you could end up with crank case compression, and that is a sure way to find your unhealthy gaskets.

haha thanks, seems like you log on at just about the time we loose our daylight! cheers, will look tomorrow

Ed

Yup. I'm a night shift worker in Germany at the moment.

[Steve_B]

Have you checked the rubber seal which connects the flying saucer to the rocker cover? From your picture it looks like the oil is around that area. Quite common for them to split.

[edpryce]

Have you checked the rubber seal which connects the flying saucer to the rocker cover? From your picture it looks like the oil is around that area. Quite common for them to split.

nope, will do tomorrow though. where abouts on my picture are we looking?!

[Steve_B]

just off picture to the right side of the rocker cover.

[Oilburner]

£20-£30 for a decent torque wrench.

Haynes are calling the rocker cover the "valve" cover. the values are 10NM or 7 LBf ft (its in section 2 'engine repair procedures')