Re: Cam cover washers

[Alan Lambert <lechefgerard@domain.elided>]

I've been told that the metal washers go on the rear two studs (one on
each side) to allow compression of the half moon rubber seals without
hurting the fiber washers due to the compression required.


--- John Fielding <johnf@domain.elided> wrote:
> The esteemed JH mentioned in a recent thread running on cam cover
> noises made when
> tightening, that some of the washers are ali and some are fibre.  My
> two Alfa motors which
> are used for racing came with a lot of bits missing, including the
> cam cover washers.  I
> had some punched out of ali sheet (3mm thick) to replace the missing
> ones.  All of the
> washers on the current 1.8L turbo motor except one is made from ali,
> some how I miscounted
> when I had them made!
> 
> My Alfa guru mechanic once told me the reason they fitted some ali
> and some fibre was
> because of bonding the cam cover to the ali cylinder head block to
> reduce ignition
> interference to car radios.  If this is the case I don't know, as
> both my motors get
> regularly pulled apart and reassembled so I don't know what the
> correct placing for these
> washers should be. And I don't have any radios in my race car, so who
> cares!
> 
> Having exhausted the "who started the SUV craze" thread, how about a
> month long flame war
> on cam cover washers?
> 
> John
> Durban
> South Africa - where we have the worlds scariest drivers in 4x4's
> Alfetta 1.8L turbo - goes for an outing tomorrow to the hillclimb
> competition!
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