Are you just about ready to give up on trying to seal the stock steel valve cover on your Mini engine? Are your fellow drivers just about ready to report you to the EPA? Gasket Innovations has the answer!
This precision gasket has been designed specifically for the original steel rocker cover on the 4-cylinder BMC A-Series engine. The high-temperature silicone construction allows the gasket to crush -- without extruding outwards -- much more than the stock cork gasket for better sealing.
Simply clean your valve cover, spread a thin bead of RTV sealant around the flange to hold the gasket in place, and install the gasket. Let the silicone cure at least 8 hours (24 hours is ideal) before installing the cover. The silicone is so soft and conformable, it needs very little pressure to seal. Screwing the fasteners down just past finger-tight is usually enough! When it's time to adjust the valves, the gasket will stay with the valve cover. The gasket is reusable indefinitely, which means it could be the last valve cover gasket you will ever buy! Sold individually.
Fits the original BMC steel valve cover on A-Series engines as used on the 1958-74 Sprite/Midget and 1959-92 BMC/Leyland/Rover Mini (848 through 1275cc). Not for use with aluminum valve covers. Does NOT fit 1975-80 MG Midget 1500 or BMW "Mini Cooper".
