some of you migh tknow by the post i made but

i just retimed my 80 yamaha xd850

now then its running good but its leaking from cam covers on the top

i didnt change the gasket cause the gasket looked and feeled brand new

it had silicon on it to

what do yall put on gaskets in this case

silicon

or what or just have the gasket alone

i have some more places i need to fix to so if i could get some info on what or what not to use

thanks alot

hmm gaskets get compressed in use most times you are lucky and can reuse them, if it already has silicone on it it would appear it has been used before, maybe clean all the faces of the metal and apply another thin coat of silicon or gasket cement of some type yamaha bond is good i am told

merv

or make em outta cornflake packets like we used to do way back when