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You are not making an oil PAN gasket. You are making a cover gasket. The pan as on V-8 engines will hold, with some leakage, the entire capacity of oil in the engine even if it becomes loose. Where as a loose cover on the boxer engine could allow the entire oil volume to leak out. How many times have you seen a valve cover with the bolts finger tight? IMHO not a good idea.
OH and not to mention altering the highly important Oil pump pickup to sump clearance.
Last edited by 911monty; 06-26-2016 at 08:16 AM.
Reason: sump
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