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JB Weld, Driving on cracked valve cover?

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Jul 19, 2010
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I have a crack in my valve cover around one of the screws in the spark plug valley thing. Problem is a new valve cover is being shipped but its my DD and I have 0 other way to work.

Would I be able to just JB weld most of the crack and drive like that? I can't jbweld around the bolt or I will never be able to unscrew it but most of the crack should be good for DDing for a couple weeks no?

Would I do it with the valve cover on since I won't be able to reuse the gasket if I take it off?

any danger in driving this way, I check my oil ever day and even when it was leaking hard it wasn't losing enough to affect the engine.
 
jb weld and duct tape should be in every guys garage. you should be fine. if you do it around screw litely once its dry u could always sanded/grind it enough to where itll break loose. i welded thermostat housing about 2 years ago(not my dsm LOL) still no leaks. and that sees more preassure than a valve cover.
 
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