The threads were not fully tapped into the valve cover. Mine go a little over half the distance. When I unscrew the valve cap, the tire's valve stem reaches the end of its threads inside and starts cutting its own threads into the aluminum valve cap. There is a rubber seal inside, but the tire's valve stem never reaches it due to a lack of threads. I'm thinking of removing the inner rubber gasket and half filling the valve cover with epoxy to get them working, but that would also make them stick out and look pretty ridiculous.