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Re: Head Gasket

To: mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Head Gasket
From: Skye Poier <skye@jungle.direct.ca>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 17:01:51 -0800
Word on the street is that Chris Delling said:
> I am refitting my cylinder head.  The new gasket has one side made of what
> I believe to be aluminum, the other of asbestos (or similar).  A metal lip
> is formed around the combustion chamber bores to form a seal on the
> asbestos side of the gasket.  There are no markings indicating which end is
> up.  So, which end is up?  One source suggests metal towards the head,
> another metal towards the block.

I've been told in the past the metal side goes up (towards the head).

Skye

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