Replaced the valve cover gasket on my 92S at around 165k in december 05
Here it is only 3 yrs later and the car now has 190K on it.
And there is oil down in the plug holes yet gain.

Does that seem right? Would think I'd get longer life\mileage than that.

Is this now a routine replacement item?

 

Did you torque the studs to the proper level, and in the right order?

 

Not much to torque down


They were dry when I replaced the plugs about a year ago


Guess one of those O rings inside just failed

 

Yup

 

u have to replace the spark plugs gasket too, tighten from 1/2 to 2/3 turn u should be fine

 

Change your oil regularly too. Who knows, maybe your oil is getting acidic from not changing enough and is eating your seals away. Once your oil gets black its a good idea to change it. Not just at the 3000 miles or 3 months. THose numbers are averages and honestly don't suit h22's really because in reality they are hard on the oil.

 

Did you do the well seals while you were in there? Always do them with the valve cover gasket on F/D's