Hi all,

At the moment I am relying on my trusty 1986 Honda Civic as my sole mode of transportation. My wife has the Magna and is in Grafton visiting her terminally ill father (prostate cancer). Please all you 40 yr plus guys out there, get the prostrate checked regulary. Its no laughing matter. My father in law is the 4th person that I know of that is dying or has died of prostrate cancer.

Anyway I decided to replace the leaky rocker cover gasket on the old girl and adjust the valve tappets at the same time. Well everything went soomethly till it was time to seperate the 20 yr old gasket from the rocker cover. Well the gasket is hard and brittle and firmly stuck to the cover. I can only dig out tiny portions at a time. At this rate I will be digging for the next week and risk damaging the cover. Are their any tricks or chemicals that I can use. Any help appreciatted.

Nigel

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You used to be able to get a spray that did a fair job of dissolving old gasket goo and stuff. Try giving autobarn or repco a ring and see what theyve got.

Oh......If ya gunna get ya prostate checked go to a female doctor.

2 reasons

1..........if ya gunna drop ya daks and bend over in front of someone, its safer if it aint a bloke

2........They got smaller fingers :badgrin: :badgrin: :D

Anything that will dissolve petrochemicals will dissolve the glue, like magna buff said, diesel or engine degreaser should work. Also acetone, possibly CRC, yeah pretty much any solvent should help. If not possibly find a chisel or screwdriver that will fit in between the gasket and rocker cover and chip it away, although it does sound like you've tried this

Agree with ol' fart - The doc's don't think it is funny when you ask if they are going to buy you dinner first either... :redface:

Gasket goo - can be a real PITA (much like... err...) - There are a few things that will shift it - penetrene is one of them, someone also has suggested acetone, or prepsol to me as well on occasion. Both probably aren't all that good for your O2 sensor or cat, but do evaporate quickly.

Cheers
Heath Young