The manual calls for using liquid gasket on the cam caps that dont stretch across both cams...is this neccessary, and if so whats the best kind

I saw something like atv liquid silicone gasket at autozone...will this work.

 

Are you talking about the caps that hold the cams in or are you talking about the plug at the end?

The caps dont need any gasket, but if your installing new cams or cams that have been dried up for some time you may want to put some assembly grease on them to allow them to move easy on there first turns, you never want the cams installed dry.

If its the cam plug/seal then i usually put about 2 wraps of Teflon on.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luserkid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Are you talking about the caps that hold the cams in or are you talking about the plug at the end?

The caps dont need any gasket, but if your installing new cams or cams that have been dried up for some time you may want to put some assembly grease on them to allow them to move easy on there first turns, you never want the cams installed dry.

If its the cam plug/seal then i usually put about 2 wraps of Teflon on.</TD></TR></TABLE>

What he said. Although, I would put hella assembly lube on the cams if you are just starting it up!

 

Like it says there, on the cam caps that hold the cams down

So its not neccessay?

And could i use engine oil or is assmeble lube needed

 

Where it says to apply liquid gasket to the shaded areas.....It means you need to put Honda Bond on those areas. Go to the dealer and ask for some Honda Bond.

 

That area is for the cam plug. I use Teflon but you could use hondabond or any other type of gaske maker.

 

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Correct - or an equivalent gasket.

Also apply sealant around the entire cam plug on the passenger side of exhaust cam.

 

Well, i didnt add it around the plug, so we'll see if its leaks

Now do i really need to wait 24 hours like this gasket maker says? or will letting it dry overnight be good enough to drive?

 

Overnight is fine. But you really better add gasket onto that plug or it WILL leak. Guaranteed.

 

i put hondabond on my cam cap, even if it had 2 rubber o-rings. I dont wanna have to do it again and neither should you.

Hondabond FTW

 

LOL just picked up triple o-ring Skunk2 plug.

 

wuuuuuuuuut

I've never put in cam crap when putting in cams...

This some kind of "new only" crap or something? 'Cause I've bought a good share of cams used and never had any problems leaking and I heard something about sealing it ONCE but didn't really pay attention - never saw anything leaking or damaged...

Sorry if it seems like I'm thread jacking, any info??

 

Well if you didnt put any honda bond on your cam cap or cam plug and it didnt leak, you got lucky. The only thing keeping oil from coming out of the distributor side exhaust cam area is that plug and honda bond.

 

In the picture above I would say that the shaded area is where you put honda-bond for the valve cover gasket. you do not need any gasket between the cam cap and head surface. you do need honda bond where the cam plug goes to cover the dizzy side of the exhaust cam.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 93egsir &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">In the picture above I would say that the shaded area is where you put honda-bond for the valve cover gasket. you do not need any gasket between the cam cap and head surface. you do need honda bond where the cam plug goes to cover the dizzy side of the exhaust cam. </TD></TR></TABLE>

If that were the case, you would apply it to install the VC not the cam caps. The illustration is showing how to install the cam caps, not the VC. And usually you apply it to the VC gasket, not the cam caps when installing the VC.

 

Cam Cap install:



VC install:

 

what is a VC

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drumminforev &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what is a VC</TD></TR></TABLE>

Valve Cover