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hi guys

about a week ago i changed my rocket cover gaskets and now there are leaking and pissing oil everywhere in my engine bay. i have change it and used gasket maker to make a better seal but no good. has anyone had this problem and how did they fix it?

cheers

bill

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If its at the rear its probably comimg from the 1/2 moons , did you change them ?

the oil was leaking from the back. where can i get the half moon rubber seals from? would they sell them at nissan? if so anyone know the Serial number for that part?

cheers

bill

Curious to know where this comes from:

rocket covers

As has been pointed out, it is actually rocker cover (probably more correctly 'cam cover' in this case as there arn't any actual rockers).

Anyway, only the rear 'half moon' seals require some sealant at installation. The rocker cover gasket requires none - just make sure it is 'square' in the groove of the rocker cover (no twists, etc).

Curious to know where this comes from:

As has been pointed out, it is actually rocker cover (probably more correctly 'cam cover' in this case as there arn't any actual rockers).

Anyway, only the rear 'half moon' seals require some sealant at installation.  The rocker cover gasket requires none - just make sure it is 'square' in the groove of the rocker cover (no twists, etc).

It comes from the old cars that use to have rockers .

You dont need any sealant on the rubber that goes in the groove , they never leak , most times you can even reuse them and they dont leak if installed correct.

If you think they are hard to seal, how would you go with old cork gaskets ?

It comes from the old cars that use to have rockers .

'rocker' does, 'rocket' doesn't AFAIC (and I've been around 'a while')

You dont need any sealant on the rubber that goes in the groove , they never leak , most times you can even reuse them and they dont leak if installed correct.

If your saying the half-moon seals don't require sealant I disagree.....and so does Nissan. OTOH, the rocker cover gaskets themselves don't need any sealant

If you think they are hard to seal, how would you go with old cork gaskets ?

[sigh] I don't think the are hard to seal at all. As for cork.....come back and talk to me when you've worked on a veteran car......

steveL ,

I meant you dont need sealant on the rubber gasket but as i said earlier i use some on the half moons where they mate with the cil head case .

I have worked on some old cars in my time, i have been around for a while and i owned a very quick EH Holden many moons ago .

I had a quick VK...whats ya point...

And yes I agree with the above, re the sealant only on the half moons, use that orange stuff (name evades me at this moment).

Also when tightening the covers bolts/screws to them in a similar fashion as you would putting a head on, that is night tighten them around in a circle, and fully tighten first go, this will ensure that the mating surfaces are meeting square!!!

  • 6 months later...

Just replaced the right cam cover gasket, the rubber washers and the 'D' seal for the first time and all I used was $10 silastic from Autobarn only on the top and bottom of the 'D' seal and tightened the screws till the washers started to 'balloon' slightly. Been 4 weeks and so far so good.

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