'99 4.0l valve cover leaks

[jhknight56072@yahoo.com]

!54,000 miles on truck, ?? 90k miles on engine. RH valve cover leaks bad over the exhaust manifold, enough to smell it in the garage, and a bit concerned over fire hazard. Recently bought a set of cork gaskets and went to change the gasket. 2 hours later it's back together and still leaks>wtf?
I notice that under the valve cover the head and intake meet and are not level. No way that's going to seal that I can see?
What's the deal?
And the other thing the "gasket" I removed was an aluminum and o-ring type deal, that's not original is it??

Thank you.

 

[cp2295]

In the manual it states to put rtv where the intake/head meet


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[jhknight56072@yahoo.com]

I suppose, but I sure didn't expect a joint under a gasket like that and I sure dind't have any RTV on hand. I may have to try again some day.