/6 valve cover leak......still Options

[Dr Evil]

So I got the new silicon covered valve cover gaskets and put them on last time I ran the car hoping that this would solve the oil incontenance my engine is suffereing.....nope. Then I recalled that I may have been expecting a bit too much from these new fangled gaskets. My old valve cover has some corrosion on the mating surface that is potentially the cause, or at least an exacerbating factor of this leak. That plus the tooling marks on the head probably did it in. Thus, I just scored a good deal on some turbo valve covers (they realy have come down in price for new, though) and hope to have them in by Fri.

Some thoughts about hte other part of this problem, the mating surface of the cam towers.
Q: Could I fill in any tooling marks with a filler of some sort and sand smooth? ex; quick steel, jb weld, etc.

So long as this compound is not heat sensitive and can withstand oil I think it would work.

Comments?

[Dr Evil]

Krusty,
that is exactly what I was thinking. I am glad to know it is something that is already done. I am not 100% that it is not the rocker shaft. I may know more later today when I get in there. either way I needed a new cover. I gave the shop the gaskets for the rocker shafts (upgrade, not stock on my car I know) so I am not feeling like the shaft is the problem (fingers crossed). I thought the turbo covers were the big upgrade. I know I will have to machine of a little to get them to fit...I had to do it to these too. Also, I could not find a source for the OE old style covers. The only ones offered now are the turbos.

Aaron, I didn't gouge the surfaces. It kinda makes me mad as I know I didn't.

Gary, I had the ones you speak of first and they were way worse in my case. The new ones are doing beter, but I still have a constant drip.