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philbie |
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hi all anyone used the head gasket out of these kits. the water port holes don't look big enough ?
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mick au2 |
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i have just used the same VRS kit on my EF but it has only been in the car for about 3 days. The water jacket cutouts on the headgasket lined up with the water jacket ports on the block and the head ok
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philbie |
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yes but compared to the one's on the old gasket there not even half the size
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mick au2 |
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hmm, I couldnt tell ya as my old head gasket was fubar.
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tickford_6 |
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Posts: 6449 Joined: 11th Nov 2004 |
philbie wrote: yes but compared to the one's on the old gasket there not even half the size It's done to redirect water flow. They used to blow the gasket between 5 and 6 all the time. If the water passages are too big there isn't enough water flow to the back of the engine. |
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Krytox |
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My advice would be to throw the head gasket in the bin, and only use the rest of the kit.
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edfairmont4.0 |
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is it like the AU MLS gasket? if not yes throw that in the trash.
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