any tips on a preferred brand of head gasket? Are the cometic ones as good as any? I have just removed a cosworth 1.5mm but going to go thinner ideally as new block is not skimmed and not going as mad on the boost
thanks,
any tips on a preferred brand of head gasket? Are the cometic ones as good as any? I have just removed a cosworth 1.5mm but going to go thinner ideally as new block is not skimmed and not going as mad on the boost
thanks,
I like the Apexi ones. They do a 1.1mm gasket for standard bore size.
it's the price and availability of them too, its 87mm bore
I have heard lots of bad things about Cometic gaskets. I Would Go for Apex'i or Cosworth.
The cometic gaskets need both the head and the block to be pretty much perfect.
You can aid them a little with liquid gasket, I think Hylomar is recommended by most.
^^ This. CometicOriginally Posted by bahis
Had two go on me on two engines.
I've gone for another cosworth one on standard thickness now though, Got a cometic one for my 2JZ but I needed a thicker one and plus the head and block have been freshly skimmed, plus theres less to seal on them too as theres no cam chain part etc.
A tube of Wellseal is your friend with a MLS. http://www.wellseal.co.uk/
I am actually gonna put some sealant around the part of the gasket that goes around where the cam chain goes as the 2 tiny M6 bolts into aluminium were not enough to seal it with a thicker gasket before and it pissed oil down the front
If it's not sealing there it usually means that the block wasn't decked with the oil pump housing attached.
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