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On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 14:25, Everett Barnes wrote: > My passenger side valve cover on my '65 has leaked since I bought it. I > tried a few things like a new valve cover gasket, tightening the bail, etc.. > It reduced the flow but it still leaks a little. > > The leak is 2-3" away from the bottom front corner of the head, under the > #1 cylinder. > > I was looking at it yesterday and I noticed there are 2 scratches in the > head right where it appears to leak. They are not deep scratches but you > can definately feel them with your fingernail and they are easily visible > to the eye. > > I was thinking of getting a thin piece of wood and wrapping it in sandpaper > to slowly smooth the surface out. > > Opinions? > Are you sure it is not a crack? It is rare that a good valve cover gasket won't seal something you can just feel with your finger nail. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org