Half moon seal

[Dave_GSR1.8]

I've been chasing oil leaks from the rocker cover of my CC GSR and am slowly winning the battle; but it looks like the new(ish) rubber half moon seal is leaking... again.

So I did some searching and read in various threads here that there is a metal version available and Meek has them. Found their listing, the only thing I am not sure about is: Do they fit a 4g93 (as opposed to a 4g63)?

I could ask Meek, but I'm too impatient to wait till Tuesday!

So if anybody knows that would be great.

Cheers

 

[VIN18M]

Did you gasket goo the half moon into the groove? I found Threebond on the half moon stopped it from leaking. Surely a rubber one would seal better than metal?

 

[evo-gsr]

The rubber ones tend to warp from heat after a while.

 

[Dave_GSR1.8]

Re "The rubber ones tend to warp from heat after a while"

Yes, I suspect this has happened, the seal has been in for at least 12 months, maybe 18, only recently has it started to weep. From what I can gather reading around the web (so it must be true!) the alloy seal fixes this permanently.

I will give it a try.

Re "Did you gasket goo the half moon into the groove?"

Yes I did, and it did hold for a quite a while, but sadly no longer...

 

[evo-gsr]

Gasket goo the alloy one in and your problem will be solved.
Good thing is that you can reuse it if you ever need to remove rocker cover.

 

[Dave_GSR1.8]

Ordered the meek half moon alloy seal (it fits), fingers crossed!