Quote Originally Posted by 1600vw View Post
There was around 7 people whom saw this happen. I lost both valve covers. I have never had one fall off myself, but then again I use a gasket, he did not, only forum-a-gasket.
Like I said, I owned VW Beetle autos over a ~25 year period and never lost a valve cover. Never even heard of it, and I don't think the John Muir book ("How to keep your Volkswagen Alive") mentioned it, either. With tens of millions of these on the road in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, it seems like I should have seen have seen ejected valve covers scattered along the roads. But I didn't.

I did a couple of Google searches, looking for mention of ejected valve covers, and found zip.

I'm not doubting that you had problems, but am curious as to why it happens. Is it related to the two-cylinder conversion?

Ron Wanttaja