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[ste-davies]

hello there, was wondering can you get a metal replacement rocker cover for the x20xev? just replaced mine with a £100 one from vauxhalls and its now leaking again lol, iv put gasket sealer on and made sure there torqued properly but leave it a month or two and its back to square one, lost how many times iv changed it lol

[Webby the Bear]

wheres it leaking from mate?

[martin42]

have you cleaned the breathers??

[symes]

I know on the crap v6 if you have blocked breathers it can cause the rocker covers to leak

[albitz]

Genuine gaskets ?

[Webby the Bear]

Genuine gaskets ?

To the op... ''are you ralf in disguise''? 

[ste-davies]

its leaking in the middle going into the plugs and i havent cleaned the small breather pipe il have a look at the weekend and the one going to the intake pipe i havent got, it was making a pool of oil at the bottom of the manifold so put one of those boy racer small k&n filters on, now its running down the engine lol, the other thing i havent tried is just nipping the bolts up a little bit, was just wondering if there is a metal replacement because there known for warping in the middle and breaking when coming off, its only a little bit at the mo but im one of these fussy ones that likes things spot on lol and i havent used a genuine gasket might get one and try it.

[Webby the Bear]

its leaking in the middle going into the plugs and i havent cleaned the small breather pipe il have a look at the weekend and the one going to the intake pipe i havent got, it was making a pool of oil at the bottom of the manifold so put one of those boy racer small k&n filters on, now its running down the engine lol, the other thing i havent tried is just nipping the bolts up a little bit, was just wondering if there is a metal replacement because there known for warping in the middle and breaking when coming off, its only a little bit at the mo but im one of these fussy ones that likes things spot on lol and i havent used a genuine gasket might get one and try it.

[symes]

sounds like classic breather fault-think yourself lucky not a v6 nail  get genuine gasket and sort breathers out and jobs a good one

[jonny2112]

Not sure if its the same for four pots, but go easy with the sealer too.

[dbug]

Get and fit a genuine Vx gasket and clean breathers out mate    Fitting a metal rocker cover is only addressing the effect not the cause!

[tunnie]

Just to clear up a few things, covers don't warp for 4 pots. Thats just a bullshite excuse from mechanics for not doing everything right.

The gasket is leaking not the cover, you need to replace & fit gasket as per our guides. Using genuine parts and sealant, along with clean breathers and regular oil changes they gasket should last around 10 years 

OOF experience has proven time & again, that pattern gaskets fail much quicker.