CAP CYLINDER HEAD SIDE - sticks out, worry?

[Riko_imp]

To me the uncircled one looks in too far, but it may be the picture.

The circled one, to me at first glance, looked a little cocked.

I have not had my cover off yet, hopefully someone who has will chime in. But, the book has you put sealant at the simi-circles where the cover meets the head so just pushing or banging it back in may result in a leak. If there is a gap I'm surprised it's not leaking now.

You might have to remove the cover to get this right.
Rico, on the part pic you posted, the cap looks to have a piece that lips on the inside of the head and that would position them, and provide a seal on the bottom I guess.

yeah, I see on the cap piece does have a lip on the bottom, but I dont think that serves as a seal what so ever.

I think the round caps just sit against the big packing/gasket (part number 6 on the pic), you can see a 2 slight indentations on the bottom of the big gasket.
I think this is where the lip part of the round cap goes.

I think the sealant you talk about for the simi-circles is just to make them sit against the gasket...

So even if I would lose those caps, I believe you will only see a part of the gasket, so it certainly would not leak since it would still be completely sealed.

If this all is true, you do not need to remove the whole head...

I have certainly not seen any leaks of some kind in that area.


Somwhere next week I'll pass by my mechanic.
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