contour/escort valve/rocker cover - The Ford Focus Forum

**focusonfocus** · 11-02-2009, 07:28 PM

i always wondered how contour zetec valve cover fits on focus zetec..
i haven't seen it in person, so i don't know..

passenger side looks same but driver side is flat on contour valve and focus zetec is not..

what is required to fit on focus zetec??

**fruitport_focus** · 11-02-2009, 08:55 PM

Just use a Contour VC gasket. 1996 model year should do!
Oh, and be sure to snag the bushings and bolts.

**hEaT** · 11-02-2009, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fruitport_focus

Just use a Contour VC gasket. 1996 model year should do!
Oh, and be sure to snag the bushings and bolts.

Yep, exactly.

Make sure the cover you get is for a non-VCT Zetec motor. The 96 gasket has two half-moons which fill in the depressions on the Zetec head.

Get the Motocraft one too. The Felpro leaks pretty bad.

**focusonfocus** · 11-02-2009, 10:51 PM

stole these pics from engine bay thread..

white thing under this valve cover is part of gasket??

because the zetec cover got this shape..

**hEaT** · 11-02-2009, 11:10 PM

Yep. If I remember, I'll shoot a picture of mine.

Here's a sub-par pic of the gasket. You can see the half-moons on the left:

**Lancer211** · 11-03-2009, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hEaT

Yep, exactly.

Make sure the cover you get is for a non-VCT Zetec motor. The 96 gasket has two half-moons which fill in the depressions on the Zetec head.

Get the Motocraft one too. The Felpro leaks pretty bad.

I've used the Fel-Pro one for months now, and no leakage for me?

I'm not force inducted or anything, though.

**focusonfocus** · 11-03-2009, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hEaT

Yep. If I remember, I'll shoot a picture of mine.

Here's a sub-par pic of the gasket. You can see the half-moons on the left:

oh~that is what it was..
i thought i needed some kind of block or something to fit in..

11-02-2009, 07:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
focusonfocus Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: toronto, on Posts: 4,176	contour/escort valve/rocker cover i always wondered how contour zetec valve cover fits on focus zetec.. i haven't seen it in person, so i don't know.. passenger side looks same but driver side is flat on contour valve and focus zetec is not.. what is required to fit on focus zetec?? __________________ Advanced MECP certified mobile installer 2000 Kona Dirt. www.cardomain.com/id/focusonfocus

11-02-2009, 08:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
fruitport_focus Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Back to Michigan Posts: 1,007	Re: contour/escort valve/rocker cover Just use a Contour VC gasket. 1996 model year should do! Oh, and be sure to snag the bushings and bolts. __________________ 2001 Sangria Red ZX3

11-02-2009, 10:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
focusonfocus Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: toronto, on Posts: 4,176	Re: contour/escort valve/rocker cover stole these pics from engine bay thread.. white thing under this valve cover is part of gasket?? because the zetec cover got this shape.. __________________ Advanced MECP certified mobile installer 2000 Kona Dirt. www.cardomain.com/id/focusonfocus

11-02-2009, 11:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
hEaT I <3 UC^3 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: CT Posts: 7,447	Re: contour/escort valve/rocker cover Yep. If I remember, I'll shoot a picture of mine. Here's a sub-par pic of the gasket. You can see the half-moons on the left: __________________ 2001 Twilight Blue ZX3 - Volant Intake, FC 65mm TB, SVT Header, RT High Flow Cat, SVTF Borla Exhaust, Koni's 1985 Nimbus Grey Merkur XR4Ti - Work In Progress Tuned By: Bristol Dyno

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