About a month ago I took off my Cam covers to paint them. I put everything back together and the front cam cover is fine but the rear cam cover was leaking badly (new cam cover gaskets installed). When I pulled off the rear cam cover and examined the gasket it was streched out a good 1 1/2 inch and would not seat properly. The gasket did fit good apon original installation. I'm assuming that the streched gasket is the cause of the leak. I'm a bit confused as to why the gasket streched out like it did and before I install a new gasket and put everything back together, I would sure like to understand what went wrong! I definetly do NOT want to "redo" this again.
1. Would the fact that I did not apply the beads of silicon gasket sealent to the mating surface cause the gasket to strech as it did? If so, despite the fact that the front cam cover is not leaking should i remove it and apply the gasket sealant?
2. What causes a gasket to strech?
3. Anyone have the torque spec on the bolts for cam covers?
Thanks for the feedback!
