assk.88
08-12-2011, 06:08 PM
I was working on my s14 and took the distributor off to replace the o ring ... while i was doing that i removed the valve cover and the upper timing cover to address some small oil leaks. When I took the upper timing cover off I cut the head gaskets flush and cleaned everything up. During reassembly ... I used grey rtv sealant between the lower timing cover and the upper timing cover. To make a long story short after everything was reassembled I realized an oil leak again ... I eventually traced it and saw where the upper timing cover was cracked. My question is to i need to make a gasket to represent the space were the head gasket was or just use rtv sealant ? This is the only thing I can think of that would cause the cover to crack.