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My method, for what it's worth, is to use to cut a gasket out of a thin cork/rubber mix sheet (2mm?) using an original as a template. As everybody says it has to be spotlessly clean (unlike your exhaust and garage floor!), empty all the oil out on the cam carrier, better still do it when the engine is out of the car. I stick the gasket onto the carrier with a bit of silicone type sealant bolting the cover to hold lightly it in place, leave overnight. Then apply a bit of sealant to the cam cover and bolt it back on to a guessed 5-10lbs torque, leave overnight. Perhaps tweak it a little more in the morning. As the gasket is effectively stuck to both halves it never squeezes out - unless the cam covers are overtightened excessively. For the money cork gasket material will give many many more gaskets than off the shelf ones and you don't have to wait for the post. Obviously not reusable
A very daft idea strangely at odds with the rest of the brilliant design of the engine
Jon