just hand tight. They just have to be snug.

 

7 to 10 ft/lb. I like to keep on the low side.

 

I always snugged them but one day I felt spanky and used my torque wrench to 10ft-lbs.

A bolt broke! Yup ....threads in head were fine!

Now I only snug it.

 

48 -72 inch Lbs.

 

4 - 6 Ft. Lbs MAXIMUM

All you need is to seat the cam cover to the head. Slightly compressing the gasket. Not bearing any structural loads here.

A Steel fastener into a soft Aluminum Cyl. head...............Humm?

 

Don't get Hung Up..............

...........on torque values.............! ! ! ! !


More gaskets are destroyed using torque values rather than the "Common-sensical" approach to seating the gasket with slight compression.

If you're using a typical torque wrench, 0 to 150# or whatever, the values at the low end (0 to 20ish) are nowhere near accurate ! ! , and might be as much as DOUBLE the indicated reading............ESPECIALLY if you're using a "Click" type wrench.

You can get sufficient torque on compressible gaskets using the 'screwdriver-type' socket driver.

..........And, ......as mentioned above, it's an ALUMINUM head, which has to be taken into consideration.


While we're on the subject, ANY gauge, be it for torque, oil pressure, temperature, etc., etc., is most accurate at the mid-point of the gauge...
..very low or very high on the guage reading can be off as much as 20%.....