Those silicone cam cover gaskets

[dasadrew]

Following the initial euphoria and group buy, how has everyone got on with those silicone gaskets?

I bought some direct and have now got my Cam Covers back from powder-coating. Was wondering whether to try cork first, or are those silicone ones everything they purport to be with respect to leaks and dribbles?

[Marco Polo]

No leaks and dribbles "Down Under"!
regards,
Raoul

[DJT]

Mine are still in the box they came in, Drew. I've not had a reason to remove the cam covers since the last time I fitted cork gaskets...............

[Guest]

Drew, I couldn't get mine to seal no matter what, threw them in the bin! For me they were a vastly over priced waste of time, I have never had an issue with cork gaskets so I will stay with those

Jason

[GTJones]

fitted mine and they are perfect - no drips or leaks and the best thing is they do not get impregnated and then just ooze oil out at the rear of the cam covers

Gary

[flying farmer]

Biggest problem I have with the cork ones is that they are fractionally too long to fit the cover and are a real PITA to glue into place before fitting.

I have fitted one silicon gasket so far and it couldn't make up for the warp in the cover, I tried it because I had also failed miserably with cork gaskets.

I had to build a ridge with instant gasket that was left to go off partially before fitting the silicon one again, that cured it but would have worked with cork if I could have stopped the damn thing from popping out of the cover!

Difficult to vote on the categories above, but on balance somewhere between the top two

Neil

[mjheathcote]

I haven't purchased a set of silicone gaskets, hoping they would be fantastic, alas it appears not generally.
Over the years I have tried every combination of grease/wellseal ect but the only solution for me has been silicone sealant on both sides of cork gaskets.

[mike@thenook]

I haven't purchased a set of silicone gaskets, hoping they would be fantastic, alas it appears not generally.
Over the years I have tried every combination of grease/wellseal ect but the only solution for me has been silicone sealant on both sides of cork gaskets.

Thats just how I fixed my cork ones after the recent re-build, copper silicone in the cover first, set the gasket in and allow it to set then with just the weight of the rocker laid flat on a piece of flat wood, let that go off for about 30 mins then apply a bead to the other face, carefully rest that on the head and screw down evenly but not tight for an hour - after an hour tighten all down properly and evenly working diagonally across the bolts.
First time in 19 years I have no leaks at all from the rockers - brilliant!
I've never tried pure silicone gaskets but cork works well with good preparation and care in bolting down.

Cheers

[tony750cc]

Bought a set after trying to seal up the constant leak. Was very careful on fitting and to be fair....rubbish!! they leaked more than the cork ones. Save yourself the money, i took mine off yet again and put a new set of cork ones. No more leaks (not from there anyhow) Cork are much better in my opinion

[stagmuffin]

I have had silicone fitted for some time and found them to be totally oil leak proof ,no issues at all but I did pay particular attention to ensuring the covers were true first and not distorted from previous over tightening and then ensured they were fitted and tightened correctly. if I could make one change it would be to make them marginally wider for peace of mind.
Steve