In the latest round of "at least it's something simple," I went to replace leaking valve cover gaskets and warped valve covers. What I discovered was:
1) FelPro's rubber 428FE valve cover gasket is not sized right. The holes are 1/8" off from center, resulting in too much material and no way to compress it properly. I already emailed Felpro, but doing a Google search resulted in lots of other people having the same problem. I ordered a second set, which ALSO have the same issue. Nice going, Felpro!
2) The cylinder head valve cover plane does not match with the intake valve cover plane. There is upwards of a 3mm gap in one area. A flat gasket will never seal here. Even building up some sealant in this area will never result in a truly flat contact, and I'm afraid this could warp my brand new valve covers.
Any ideas on this latest round of "everything is wrong, including parts that should be correct?"
1) FelPro's rubber 428FE valve cover gasket is not sized right. The holes are 1/8" off from center, resulting in too much material and no way to compress it properly. I already emailed Felpro, but doing a Google search resulted in lots of other people having the same problem. I ordered a second set, which ALSO have the same issue. Nice going, Felpro!
2) The cylinder head valve cover plane does not match with the intake valve cover plane. There is upwards of a 3mm gap in one area. A flat gasket will never seal here. Even building up some sealant in this area will never result in a truly flat contact, and I'm afraid this could warp my brand new valve covers.
Any ideas on this latest round of "everything is wrong, including parts that should be correct?"