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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: shegel on December 28, 2007, 07:25:01 pm

Title: valve cover
Post by: shegel on December 28, 2007, 07:25:01 pm

i need a new valve cover for my 86 golf 1.6

can i use a 1.8 8v cover

somthing like this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1992-VW-Jetta-Golf-valve-cover-85-92-cam-cover-1-8_W0QQitemZ320094780408QQihZ011QQcategoryZ33627QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m118

Title: valve cover
Post by: vanagonturbo on December 28, 2007, 08:13:29 pm

dark pictures are dark. You really need to come over the shop some day soon. I have all kinds of neat stuff. I think I threw a few of those away the other day.

Title: valve cover
Post by: shegel on December 28, 2007, 08:18:10 pm

when i go back to school in a couple of days. i will stop by.

Title: valve cover
Post by: Ziptar on December 29, 2007, 03:36:17 am

You can use just about any 8V valve cover in a 1.6D.

If you are going to go through the trouble of getting a new one you might as well try to get an Aluminum G60 Valve Cover. No warping or bending like the stamped steel ones, so no / less leaks and, you might see a bit of noise reduction.

They are more expensive than the steel ones and are sort of in demand but, if you are patient you can get one fairly inexpensively. I have seen them for sale on the vortex and for $50-$80. I won one on ebay a couple weeks ago for $42.

Also get the valve cover gasket upgrade kit. It's a one piece rubber gasket and new shouldered studs. It's part number 026 198 025C $15 at BusDepot (http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=026198025C) while you are at it, blow $5 on a Valve Cover Oil Deflector if yours is cracked or brittle (don't want any pieces in the pan after all.) 026 103 547 $4.79 (http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=026103547)

I am waiting for my gasket and deflector to arrive, mean while I have been trying to decide if I should paint the G60 VC or send it out for powder coat, or use it as is. It's not all that ugly.
(http://i20.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/c9/8a/0637_1.JPG)

Cosmetics aside I think the cast aluminum valve cover plus the one piece gasket will finally rid my 1.6TD of valve cover leaks forever... Ok well a long time, hopefully 50,000 miles. If so, it's well worth the money.

Oh.... and make a tinyurl (http://tinyurl.com/) for that ebay link  :D it's knocked my whole screen out of whack and makes my brain hurt. Your link above is reduced to http://tinyurl.com/2c2r2g

Title: valve cover
Post by: stewardc on December 29, 2007, 05:41:22 am

I agree on the cast G60 cover. Here's mine.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/stewardc/Truck/100_3257.jpg)

Title: valve cover
Post by: vanagonturbo on December 29, 2007, 10:21:27 am

I'll third that notion. I have an aluminum cover on my engine too. No leaks. Mine is a little different though as it has the oil filler on the opposite end. It works out great because my intercooler piping goes right over where the filler would be if I had a stock or g60 valve cover.

Title: valve cover
Post by: stewardc on December 29, 2007, 11:52:13 am

Quote from: "vanagonturbo"

I'll third that notion. I have an aluminum cover on my engine too. No leaks. Mine is a little different though as it has the oil filler on the opposite end. It works out great because my intercooler piping goes right over where the filler would be if I had a stock or g60 valve cover.

I think you have what they call a G40 cover.