Not sure I'll get to it this weekend, since the weather won't be particularly comfortable for working in the driveway, but at some point I want to replace the valve cover gasket on my recently-acquired '82 Zephyr. The engine and front cross-member are absolutely covered in oil grunge; I'm going to do a thorough degreasing, but there's no point in doing that if the valve cover gasket is just going to leak all over the place again. (I imagine the oil pan gasket is probably also to blame, not sure if/when I'll get to that.)
I've got a Fel-pro gasket on hand. In shopping around I only found cork gaskets, so that's what I've got. Are there any tips for the 3.3 valve cover gasket? Spots where one should put RTV to help the cork seal? Or coat the whole damn thing in RTV? Or don't use the cork at all and just use a bead of RTV?
Thanks!
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