Need a 4-Stroke answer please! *Got it!*
Make certain that you do not hurt the gasket on the valve cover and that you secure the valve ccover back on properly.
The Y-S engines use the crankcase to supercharge the incoming air and the space around the valve cover is used as a plenum chamber for the intake before the intake valve. If you have an air leak somewhere including the valve cover, it will drive you nuts till you figure it out.
Jim