Valve cover gasket '89 cavvy

[sircanegiem]

Hey it's me again guys, I reciently replaced the valve cover gasket on my car because the old one I believe was leaking oil, and I was wondering, is there a certain amount of pressure that needs to be on each bolt that holds it down? I just snugged them up pretty tight but I'm not sure exactly how much I'm supposed to tighten them. Any certain amount of pounds of torque?

[public]

Just fairly snug. The alumunium head won't tolerate too much.

[Classicrocjunkie]

i believe it was 18lbs.. but snug is good enough. As long as you cleaned it off really well you won't have to worry about any more leakage

[sircanegiem]

Alright, I made sure they're all pretty snug in there. My large engines teacher in school was telling me that I had to have a torque wrench and blah blah blah and I was like I don't want to buy one of those for this old thing... so thank you both for replying ^^

[public]

I only EVER use a torque wrench on head bolts, rod bolts, and main bearing bolts.

[Classicrocjunkie]

Just have to be careful with them.