Metal Head Gasket, Can I Re-use It?

[warwick]

Hey all,

Yeah bought it new (tomei) only been in my donk for 6 months.........just track thrashing.

Am in process of rebuilding motor and am on the "broke arse new home owner" budget........

Can i re-use said metal head gasket when i put my motor back together?

Cheers Warwick

[Simon-S14]

you COULD reuse it... however its always better to run a new one, that said i know what its like being a tight arse so just cover the thing in hylomar and go your hardest

[warwick]

thanks,whats hylomar?

[Simon-S14]

the best shit ever

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[VB-]

metal = reuseable AFAIK, its paper-ish (whatever they are) ones that you must change when u pull the head off

[craked]

ive reused mine three times :laughing-smiley-014:

[warwick]

thanks,whats hylomar?

[warwick]

oops sorry.....^^^^

[ArNoLdNuMbA5]

i wouldnt re-use it...not worth the risk...better off just buying a new one...

umm isnt hylomar like a spray-on sealant?....

[tridentt150v]

Hylomar and copper gasket sealant are spray on gasket goo's that work well when used properly.

You can also [can't you always] get both types in a tube and slap it on with your finger/knife etc. Always be very very careful around oil ways, big end bearings and oil galleries don't like gasket goo. The trick is to put on enough to do the job, but not too much that you squeeze it into your oil system as you tighten the head down.

I've seen big end bearings that had sub 1000km on them and down to the copper, not pretty, and the culprit was the owner and his trusty [or not so] tube of hylomar, the big end oilways were blocked on three journals.

[Simon-S14]

yeah the spray on stuff is much better in this case, no risk, i just couldnt find the link for it lol