Dana:
Do you have a part number for this rubber valve cover gasket?  I've always
used cork valve cover gaskets and I usually have seepage onto the intake
manifold, no matter how careful I am in torquing.  The rubber valve cover
gasket would probably be a big help.

I noticed the last time I purchased an oil pan gasket for my '82 Westy
Diesel from the VW Dealer, he gave me a rubber gasket.  He said the rubber
gasket was specific to the Vanagon Diesel.  I discovered from Bentley that
the torque value for the oil pan bolts on the Vanagon is 7 ft-lbs versus 15
ft-lbs for the oil pan on the Rabbit.  I had previously used the cork
gasket I had from a Rabbit rebuild gasket kit.  I'm pretty sure that the
static oil level in the pan is above the gasketed joint between the oil pan
and block on the left side of the engine.

Maynard     OvO '79
'82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt"
'93 EV GL "Klinger"
'00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo"
'84 Jetta GL TD

On Monday, January 08, 2001 11:59 PM, Dana Morphew <kadm@PUGETSOUND.NET>
wrote:
> There is a rubber valve cover gasket, available for the 8 perimeter stud
> attachment as well as the 3 center stud attached valve covers found on
> the 1.9 diesels (get the right part number).  These also have the metal
> sleeves Frank spoke of.  This gasket might well be a cure for 'early'
> oil seepage on the manifold side between the valve cover and head on the
> inline-4 engines installed in the 50? position.  Be sure to get M6
> replacement studs that do not have the widened center 'step' if your
> engine uses the cork gasket with 8 mm. holes.