Re: [alfa] How (not) to install a Reinz head gasket

["Dean" <tessiedog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you use a genuine head gasket you do not need any selant. If you require
selant for a head gasket something is wrong. Genuine gaskets dont fail for a
long time and I have never ever used a sealing compound.
-----Original Message-----
From: LyfordHale <lyfordhale@domain.elided>
To: alfa-digest@domain.elided <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Date: Sunday, 9 May 2004 11:51
Subject: [alfa] How (not) to install a Reinz head gasket


>I own one of two '67 GTV's that got a new 2 liter engine last month and
>immediately got water in the oil.  The other car belongs to a friend.  We
got
>our Reinz head gaskets from different places, neither of which told us to
use
>sealant.
>
>Alfa Parts, where I bought the replacement, sends out instructions for
sealing
>the Reinz head gaskets they sell.   I will be happy to send a scanned jpg
>image of that instruction sheet to anyone who wants it.
>
>Centerline, IAP and Alfaholics provide no such instruction.  Centerline, in
>fact, says to put head gaskets on dry.
>
>The sealant I was advised to use is Permatex Ultra Grey.
>
>I now have about 250 miles on the second head gasket and all is well.  My
>friend also put on a new gasket, with sealant, and his car is fine.
>
>Lyford Hale
>
>
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