EngineBuilding
2004 5.7 hemi rebuild question
This visible gasket looks wrong after putting valve covers back on. Bolts are tight, don't wanna go together and risk breaking one .
Discussion
If the rubber was black or grey, you'd never question it.
What's wrong with it?
It just looks wrong to me with that gap between the head and valve cover. But looking wrong doesn't mean it is. Thought I would get opinions from here. Was thinking maybe my gaskets were too big or I need to separate the nuts from the studs and put studs in first, but only 8 of the 10 have studs and nuts
Its a valve cover, the gasket depth really isn't that big of a deal since its there to just keep the weather out and the oil in.
The engine this one is replacing has a much tighter clearance. Almost no gap between head and valve cover. It does have 360k miles though maybe that's the difference.
Depends on the gasket.
These blue ones are Fel-pro and the other engine has what came from the factory. Thanks.
This is normal.
Thanks! Just worrying over every little thing, really hope it starts when I put it in.
What’s wrong is the felpro gasket you used.
Mahle or OEM or nothing in my opinion.
Looks normal to me