Valve cover gasket..Dry or with sealant?

[Kibokojoe]

Do you use a sealant on the valve cover gasket? Or do you install it dry?

[Evan]

I used sealant on the cover side but nothing on the head

[winfred]

dry, maybe a dab of snot at transitions to seal the crack

[Rus]

I installed mine dry and haven't had leakage at the VC edges. One of the front nuts started seeping recently though. Hopefully tightening it up will solve the problem. HTH