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Re: freaking bloody oilleak

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:44 pm
by TieMyShoe
Growlerbearnz wrote:A note on the half-moon seal at the back of the head- the standard part for our engines is made of rubber, and is often the first part to fail. Mitsubishi part number MD372348 is the same part, but made of aluminium, so once it's installed it will never fail again. I highly recommend swapping out the rubber seal for the aluminium one.

4 vc gaskets later I bought the alum part.. I had to grind at it a bit to fit (there was flashing from when the head was cast.) Has not leaked since going on 1.5 years now. Doing the same on my friends van, just replaced the vc gasket a few months back, its leaking again...very annoying.

Re: freaking bloody oilleak

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:31 pm
by punkrawker
something i did with the valve cover gasket is apply a bead of hi temp gasket maker around the entire vc gasket as well as around the half moon piece at the back and so far so good.