Hi all. So, I am replacing my valve covers. When I was doing by driver's side cover, I did not have a torque wrench capable of being set to the low torque settings required to properly do the valve cover bolts. So, I just sort of did one round of fastening that felt "light", and then a second round that felt tighter.
By the time I did the passenger side, I had the correct torque wrench, so I torqued those to the correct spec, which I think is something in the neighborhood of 74 inch-lbs. I was very surprised at how light this spec is. When torqued to this spec, there is a noticeable gap all around the valve cover that I can put my fingernail in.
Anyway, the driver side cover is way overtorqued. It seems like my options are:
1. Do nothing unless it leaks.
2. Loosen the bolts a little, then re-torque to spec.
3. Take the valve cover off, clean up the rtv. Reapply rtv, reinstall the valve cover, and retorque to spec. (I'd rather not do this.)
What would you do?
By the time I did the passenger side, I had the correct torque wrench, so I torqued those to the correct spec, which I think is something in the neighborhood of 74 inch-lbs. I was very surprised at how light this spec is. When torqued to this spec, there is a noticeable gap all around the valve cover that I can put my fingernail in.
Anyway, the driver side cover is way overtorqued. It seems like my options are:
1. Do nothing unless it leaks.
2. Loosen the bolts a little, then re-torque to spec.
3. Take the valve cover off, clean up the rtv. Reapply rtv, reinstall the valve cover, and retorque to spec. (I'd rather not do this.)
What would you do?