rocker cover gasket

[tim01803]

hi all i have a slight oil leak through the rocker cover and have been trying to find a rocker cover gasket for my mk1 clio 172 havent had any luck yet is there any place i can get on could anyone help cheers

 

[BenR]

They dont exist, sealant is used.

 

[Fred@BTM]

and its a 7hour job (give or take) to reseal it! (no i'm not joking!)

 

[BenR]

7 hours!

3 hours is enough.

 

[Lagerlout]

Mines leaking. I thought I'd read before they didn't use a gasket. b****cks lol.

I remeber changing on on my old fezzy. £4 for a cork gasket and a ten minutes to swap it. Those were the days lol

 

[TomTom]

Chances are its been done already but If its a Ph1 172 and you haven't had the belt changed yet, its only about 45 minutes extra job if the belts are all off, locking tools are in.

If its leaking around a bolt head - a lot of people try taking each bolt out (not all at the same time) and covering it in sealant and then going round and re-torque the bolts one by one as you put them back in.

I remeber changing on on my old fezzy. £4 for a cork gasket and a ten minutes to swap it. Those were the days lol

Haha I changed my mates 1.4 RT one the other day, 6 10mm bolts, off, wipe round with a rap, on, bolted down done!

 

[Lagerlout]

I might get RenTech to see to it when i get my Aux belt done tbh. More expense

 

[D1CKY]

and its a 7hour job (give or take) to reseal it! (no i'm not joking!)

Only Renault would design a rocker cover like that with no gasket and use sealant :dapprove:

So most people have to go to a garage to get it done

 

[mattjk]

7 hours jeez. maybe if I did it myself lol!

I think id just try nipping the bolts up a quarter turn in the affected area to see if that helps first.

 

[sideways danny]

7 hours jeez. maybe if I did it myself lol!

I think id just try nipping the bolts up a quarter turn in the affected area to see if that helps first.

not really a good idea, they have a specific torque as they are the cam retaining bolts. Most of the leaks I've seen have been from the breather box that's bolted to the cam cover, removing that and re-sealing it is not such a huge job, and it never hurts to clean out breathers while you're there

 

[mattjk]

mine was leaking through a couple of them i nipped them up no bother and they stopped leaking. But Like you say you do have to be careful but a quarter turn isnt going to cause a problem

 

[Fred@BTM]

never seen a blocked breather or a leaking breather cover on an F4R

they sometimes leak through the bolts which is easy to sort, but if its the rocker cover leaking then either live with it, or put new cams in

problem is renault use a paint roller to apply the sealant at the facotry (not joking!) its rare you find one that doesn't leak!

 

[Fred@BTM]

quarter turn isnt going to cause a problem

unless you snap the bolt, then you're fucked!

 

[BenR]

In all the time i've worked on them, i'm only seen a few 'leak', and only then is it from the cam cover.

 

[mattjk]

Ill snap your bolt in a minute!

Good point though lol. I suppose you do need to use a little bit if common sense here

edit: really? out of my two engines the first one was fine the second leaked out of two of the cam cover bolts. unles it was removed at one point in its life.

 

[Fred@BTM]

In all the time i've worked on them, i'm only seen a few 'leak', and only then is it from the cam cover.

or the cam seals gearbox end

 

[Andy GDI]

agreed the cam covers usually leak with the roll on sealant from renault.

however we replaced a breather cover seal on a car saturday as it was leaking into the spark plugs...

 

[Fred@BTM]

at least the plugs won't snap in half when you remove them!

 

[Andy GDI]

why would they, and what would otherwise?

 

[Fred@BTM]

you never had a plug snap?

 

[Andy GDI]

probably but i cant remember...... have done in a R5 head.... iirc

 

[BenR]

I guess the one you had in last sat would account for the 'most of the leaks' that danny has seen?

And i've had plenty of plugs snap on me.

 

[sideways danny]

I guess the one you had in last sat would account for the 'most of the leaks' that danny has seen?

And i've had plenty of plugs snap on me.

guess again, 3 in 2 day, all leaking from the breather box gasket. noticed it in the past too

 

[BenR]

3 in 2 days wow, I must of seen all of 3 leaking ones in my life, i think you've found all the leaky ones in the UK in the last 2 weeks.

 

[ben_p]

PMSL

 

[TomTom]

Only Renault would design a rocker cover like that with no gasket and use sealant :dapprove:

Rover have used a sealant rocker cover gasket for years