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Camshaft seal done!!

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This is my first time I changed the valve cover gasket on a 16V engine. =
Pain in the ass!! I had to do it because the little moon shaped rubber =
piece and the camshaft seal were spewing oil on the timing belt. What =
kind of f****d up design VW came up with? Couldn't they make one piece =
rubber gasket ?
I managed to get the camshaft bolt out using a breaker bar and the 17mm =
hex that I jammed inside the sprocket and the head. Of course, the =
timing belt jumped few teeth and I had to redo the timing. Had hell of a =
time trying to find the little arrow on the plastic cover. Another VW =
creative  invention!!
I found out one the bolts in the middle that hold down the valve cover =
had stripped the threads inside the head. Went to SEARS , got a 1/4" =
bolt ,put some assembly lube on the threads,  put a couple of washers =
and tighten it down.
Demetri=20

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This is my first time I changed the =
valve cover=20
gasket on a 16V engine. Pain in the ass!! I had to do it because the =
little moon=20
shaped rubber piece and the camshaft seal were spewing oil on the timing =
belt.=20
What kind of f****d up design VW came up with? Couldn't they make one =
piece=20
rubber gasket ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I managed to get the camshaft bolt out =
using a=20
breaker bar and the 17mm hex that I jammed inside the sprocket and the =
head. Of=20
course, the timing belt jumped few teeth and I had to redo the timing. =
Had hell=20
of a time trying to find the little arrow on the plastic cover. Another =
VW=20
creative&nbsp;&nbsp;invention!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I found out one the bolts in the middle =
that hold=20
down the valve cover had stripped the threads inside the head. Went to =
SEARS ,=20
got a 1/4" bolt ,put some assembly lube on the threads, &nbsp;put a =
couple of=20
washers and tighten&nbsp;it&nbsp;down.</FONT></DIV>
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