Head Gasket for 2.6 litre 6 cylinder

Hi there.

Today is the big day. The head is coming off so i can inspect the valves and
see what needs to be done. i just bought a "regrind kit" which comes with
all the gaskets that need to be replaced during such a procedure. my
question relates to the head gasket which came in the kit. The shop i bought
it from offers two different head gaskets, a steel one and a composite one.
The kit comes with the steel one which seperatley is worth $15 while the
composite one is worth $70 on its own.

The steel one i got is basically a thin sheet of steel (probably a quarter
of a millimetre thick). the gasket that is on the vehicle looks more like
the composite one which has that thin steel layer on the outside with a
cardboardy layer in the middle, then the thicker steel inserts around the
cylinders. The one that i got with the kit does not make me feel very
comfortable as it is so thin which would leave bugger all room for the head
and block to expand differently etc. Is it worth forking out the extra dough
for the composite one or should i just throw it on and forget about it??

/Thanks.

Sam.

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"Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi there.
>
> Today is the big day. The head is coming off so i can inspect the valves and
> see what needs to be done. i just bought a "regrind kit" which comes with
> all the gaskets that need to be replaced during such a procedure. my
> question relates to the head gasket which came in the kit. The shop i bought
> it from offers two different head gaskets, a steel one and a composite one.
> The kit comes with the steel one which seperatley is worth $15 while the
> composite one is worth $70 on its own.
>
> The steel one i got is basically a thin sheet of steel (probably a quarter
> of a millimetre thick). the gasket that is on the vehicle looks more like
> the composite one which has that thin steel layer on the outside with a
> cardboardy layer in the middle, then the thicker steel inserts around the
> cylinders. The one that i got with the kit does not make me feel very
> comfortable as it is so thin which would leave bugger all room for the head
> and block to expand differently etc. Is it worth forking out the extra dough
> for the composite one or should i just throw it on and forget about it??
>
> /Thanks.
>
> Sam.
>
>

The Geunine Parts one is a tin shim gasket.........$15.00!

Richard

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