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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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Age: 53 Posts: 86 Joined: 6th Feb 2011 Ride: AU Wagon 4.0L, BA XT, BF XR6 Location: Newcastle |
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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Age: 53 Posts: 86 Joined: 6th Feb 2011 Ride: AU Wagon 4.0L, BA XT, BF XR6 Location: Newcastle |
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 |
{USERNAME} 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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