i need the valve cover torque... what am i suppost to torque it to?

thx

 

50

 

seriously!? that tight?
thanks!

 

dude the little silver studs on the valve cover? 50 ft lbs will bust em OFF! 18 ft lb is the proper spec. I trq'd mine to like 19 and the lil bastard broke off! 50 is way to tight for the little silver studs on the valvecover. hope its not to late....


Blaze

 

ok thanks for the heads up...

 

i thought it was 18 inche poounds..
u might wanna check that out..

 

yeah Blaze45 said 18 pounds too...
thanks though! im glad 2 people agreed though.
means i can probably go ahead and put it back on tomorrow. is there a gasket needed? (im fairly new at this)

 

the last dude said 18 INCH pounds.. the other guy said 18 FOOT pounds..

 

oh.. lol it would be foot pounds wouldn't it?

 

your a dumbass.
please step away from the computer.

i just tighten them with a wrench (no specific torque), its not that important, just so you get a good seal with the gasket. about 5-10 ftlbs

 

84 inch pounds
9 N.m
that would be 7 ft lbs then wouldnt it?
thats the correct torque specs i checked mitchell.


[Modified by shortyz, 11:10 PM 1/15/2003]

 

so about 7 foot lbs of torque should do?

ok thanks everyone for your help. i just didn't wanna mess anything up.

 

Just tighten it by hand, you'll feel when its enough, it doesn't really matter, just not 50 lbs though. Only thing you really need to measure is everything under the valve cover.

 

my bad, if you have trq. wrench trq. em to 18. Not sure what they measure the tighting w/ but i was thinkin hp/trq when I said ft lbs. sorry. Be sure to hook up your engine ground and a new gasket will keep oil from leaking out.

Good Luck

 

According to the Helms, it's 7 lb-ft.
Later.

 

as tight as you can get em with 2 fingers is my rule...unless your hopped up on roids

...yea i always thought it was 7lbs. too


[Modified by wuhungsixxx, 8:09 AM 1/16/2003]