Mark, assuming the valve cover bolts are tight, there are a couple of things I have tried over the years. The obvious is replacing the gasket. Next, which I have done most of the time is thoroughly cleaning up the old gasket and the mating surfaces and then using silicon when reinstalling. I think I have used the silicon when replacing a new gasket as well. Once or twice I have found that the valve covers were not down tight enough even though the bolts were tight. I added a fiber washer to the bolts to compensate. You have to be careful doing that not to overtighten. I usually go with option two, cleaning the old gasket and surfaces and using silicon. That has always worked for me.
as my first On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 12:53 PM Mark Schroeder < [email protected]> wrote: > Good day all. > Have got 4 trips on my 86 700 SC now. In the first trip I noticed oil > coming from both sides of the valve cover gaskets above the round > impression. Two have stoped since the first ride...and two are still > persistent. I'm assuming I need to replace valve cover gasket.... Unless > somebody knows a trick I don't? > Keep the shiney side up!! > Mark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
