Should I reuse this Apexi Head gasket? (pics inside)

[ELORTO]

Hello,

I am on the way to fix a head gasket failure. I have found the Apexi head gasket seems to be in good shape after all. Only scratches in the paint. The reddish marks are traces of cooper spray.

So, do you think it would be possible to reuse this HG again? I am posting big pictures to let you check it well.









Thank you.

[arry]

I would, with a coat of Wellseal on first

[ELORTO]

I would, with a coat of Wellseal on first

Do you mean a coat of Cooper Spray, for instance?

[ross drew]

no way would i ever re use a head gasget once they have ben compresed they wont re seal properly

[VIDAL BABBOON]

I have been told many times that it's ok to reuse a metal head gasket BUT i have always replaced for new just in case.

[Sideways Simon]

no way would i ever re use a head gasget once they have ben compresed they wont re seal properly

Ive done it before and had no problems but it was new build... with a new gasket

[Fordy]

if your happy with redoing everything if it doesnt seal then go ahead and reuse it but most people put new gaskets on

[VIDAL BABBOON]

For £90 i would just buy a new one

http://www.funkypower.co.uk/catalogu...d_product=5905

[redsx94!]

I think u would be stupid to re-use a head gasket!!

[Mark D]

I think u would be stupid to re-use a head gasket!!

Put perfectly.

Get a new one dude

[ELORTO]

Yes, it seems that re-using the oldone is stupid.

But I need a 86mm bore head gasket and Cosworth is only available for 87mm bore. The Apexi is silly expensive but it is the only one for 86mm bore I found (Tomei is more than silly expensive).

[ross drew]

cosworth are wade by cometic and im shore they do one and ive never had any problems with them

[VIDAL BABBOON]

Cosworth are made by Cometic BUT are not the same as the Cometic gaskets

Didn't realise they only do 67mm !

[arry]

I think u would be stupid to re-use a head gasket!!

Well stupid it may seem but I've done it at least thrice now and all of the cars are still running fine

[Pablo13]

Metal gaskets will put up with being re used a few times

I'm currently running over 2 bar through a reused cometic with no issues.

[TM_S13]

you can re-use it and you can also use a very thin layer of blue hylomar (you need to separate all the sheets from the gasket) and it will seal just fine...
but be carefull, when I say "very thin layer" it's really really thin.

[arry]

blue hylomar

Wellseal

It's the nuts

[redsx94!]

Very professional advice though lol

[arry]

Very professional advice though lol

Well I'd not recommend it to someone that was having their engine rebuilt by a specialist for example, but when you're doing the work yourself it comes down to a straight £100-£150 vs free but a small element of risk of having to do another 3-4 hours work.

[redsx94!]

I understand what your saying but I personally would buy a new one as knowing my luck it would leak lol