Valve cover replacement

Currently replacing valve cover gaskets, the driver side went on perfectly but when I got to the passenger side I can’t seem to get the holes to line back up. I’m curious if its because the gasket isn’t on properly, which it looks like it’s on properly or it’s something else but if anyone has any tips or tricks to line the holes up it would be greatly appreciated

 

Well it is either the gasket or the cover. Did you try turning the cover around? If you did then it is most likely the gasket.

 

I was able to get it on, there was some gasket sealer from the old gasket still on the surface, just needed to do a little more cleaning and it lined up. I’ll be firing it up in the morning to see if anymore oil leaks from around the cover

 

Use the Feld Pro rubber gaskets they fit the cam covers better than the silicon ones do and seem to be a bit thicker than the other brands. The CAM plugs at the back of the heads are prone to spew if they are not seated and clamped by removing and replacing the rear cam bearing cap as that makes for the best means in getting the gasket maker to squirt evenly about the entire outside diameter of the plug as you draw down the cam bearing cap with Loctite 515 on the surfaces to seal the cap to the head. RightStuff on the plugs surfaces seems to provide the best seal on the plug. I put silicone gasket in my cam covers when I did my engine rebuild and they were leaking within 10K miles. I am at 20K now and just installed the Feld Pro gaskets so we will see how they work out ,fingers crossed that I have found the solution!