part number required (rocker cover)

[Guest itsgotgo]

i need to find a full left and right rocker gover gasket set, with the half moon corner seals.

for a sf5 98stb forester.

went into repco and all gasket sets they have listed do not include the corner seals.

1.can get them as a separate seal?

2.does anyone have the correct part number?

thanks in advance

[readosnr]

buy genuine- aftermarket are nowhere near as good

[Guest itsgotgo]

 readosnr said:

buy genuine- aftermarket are nowhere near as good

yep thats why i am asking,after 3 times of getting the wrong one,s i am getting frustrated.

no subaru outfits near to me so thats why i am wanting the correct part numbers before going to a dealership.

[subieboy]

 readosnr said:

buy genuine- aftermarket are nowhere near as good

How so? Plenty of the aftermarket suppliers to Ripco/Supercr@p are also origional equipment suppliers to the vehicle manufacturers... (in fact you will find this with most products with many parts to them world wide).

Itsgotgo - just get the right part number (someone here will have it) and then take the right part number along with your applied model number to get the right parts, or do a store search (via the books/Point Of Sale books) in store at the service counter (Ripco/Supercr@p) or at the product rack (Supercr@p) using your applied model number/engine number.

[readosnr]

well considering there is only 1 type of half moon seal (ie only one part number) youre probably doing something wrong

or you could take a chassis number into your dealership then they are probably going to get it right.

if it is a 98 std (SF5B type) then there will be only 2 types of rocker cover gaskets

if it is a 97 STB (SF5 A Type) then there will be 3 types of rocker cover gaskets depending on what day the engine was built

[Old Skool Subbie]

I prefer to get geniune gaskets thought subaru. aswell as other parts.

Brought some after market stuff from places like ripco and supercheap etc and they fail early or dont quite fit etc

[Guest itsgotgo]

ok so i have done the whole go to ripco,they do the carjam to get the right gaskets.

didnt work as far as getting the (half moon) seals.

they say its a complete head gasket set that i require.

i dont need to pay for something that i am not going to use except for 4 half moon seals.

the car is a 98 stb sf5 and all the sets they have dont come with that seal ^^^^^ :-\

so i will get a genuine set if they supply in the same gasket set

thanks guys or gals (pc and all) ;D

[readosnr]

 subieboy']

[quote name='readosnr said:

buy genuine- aftermarket are nowhere near as good/quote]

How so? Plenty of the aftermarket suppliers to Ripco/Supercr@p are also origional equipment suppliers to the vehicle manufacturers... (in fact you will find this with most products with many parts to them world wide).

Itsgotgo - just get the right part number (someone here will have it) and then take the right part number along with your applied model number to get the right parts, or do a store search (via the books/Point Of Sale books) in store at the service counter (Ripco/Supercr@p) or at the product rack (Supercr@p) using your applied model number/engine number.

plenty- yes

HOWEVER

there are really only 2 suppliers of rocker cover gaskets for subarus in nz. There are genuine gaskets or there are the ones supplied by Automotive Components LTD. the ACL gaskets are nowhere near as good as any genuine gaskets as they do not seal as well (as far as i am aware)

thermostats are another example. aftermarket ones you normally buy from repco are no where near as reliable as genuine

other parts you buy from repco/bnt/supercheap can be the same, BUT NOT ALL

[Guest itsgotgo]

well the wife just informed me she is going to hamilton tommorow so i will get her to go to a subaru dealer there.

they can look under the bonnet and sort it out ha ha