Insulated Valve Cover

[ECONORAM]

Originally Posted by brucepick

As far as some remaining concerns re loss of cooling due to insulation-

Don't those (decorative??) plastic shields over our more modern valve covers limit air cooling of the valve cover?

I would think so. But I removed mine purely to remove the weight it adds; hadn't considered impacts on retaining heat.

May have to try insulating the oil pan and valve covers solely for the sound absorption aspect...

[radioranger]

I seem to remember the old lincoln mark 8 using a two layer oil pan for noise.

[Piwoslaw]

Bruce, how is the insulation holding during warmer weather?

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by RobertISaar

for the engines that do have them, they're more for acoustic insulation than they are thermal, but they do provide a decent function of it. you could make them even more effective if desired.

I thought hood insulation was only for acoustic reasons.

I have no idea what this thread is about.

I'm sure the air-cooled Porsche guys would get a kick out of this, because they are always trying to figure out a way to keep the temperatures down, not up.

Maybe somebody in Alaska will appreciate this thread.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by kach22i

I'm sure the air-cooled Porsche guys would get a kick out of this, because they are always trying to figure out a way to keep the temperatures down, not up.

Not just the air-cooled Porsche guys, eventually some Volkswagen enthusiasts would consider this thread quite odd. Unless the one who would like to try their engines with ethanol

[Phantom]

Im using the same insulation and it is still holding up on the oil filter housing and the valve cover. The vave cover needs to be cleaned and the CCV is leaking a little but it is still holding on.