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Yes, it should at least be marked front to rear. Be completely sure that all passageways are not blocked. it can be easy to miss one and then you wont be happy.

Mark
 
John,

Welcome to the forum... I agree with SilentUnicorn, there should be a pressed 'front' into the gasket. This 'front' goes up and, well, in front... If you got the gasket from moss the word 'front' may be in Chinese or Hindi.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

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If you look at the holes in the block & align the holes in the gasket with them, you can't go wrong.
 
And a sagely word of wisdom from Yoda Barnhill... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/iagree.gif

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Sayyy... Wasn't she th' one everybody was waitin' around to hear a song from???

...Oh!! No, that was Yedda Bairnhall.... sorry.

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DrEntropy.... My curiosity has the better of me... I have a PhD in Business Management...

Entropy is either an MD that deals in geriatrics OR a physicist dealing with the entropic priciple....OR ???

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Just curious...
 
...or someone who can turn gold into lead in an eyeblink! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif

"The amount of energy in a system available NOT to do work" is one definition... my doctorate is purely honourary: Bestowed upon me by my Patriarch after delving into early particle theory... Penzias and Wilson were an inspiration /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

He declared in the garage one evening that I'd qualify for a PhD in the study of entropy... There was a set of cantankerous Weber 40 DCOE's involved... and too many of my friends within earshot. It "took" shall we say.

...besides; "Dr Train-wreck" just doesn't have the same ring to it, IYSWIM. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

In your vernacular we could postulate that I'm the one who will "buy high, sell low" every bloody time! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
 
DrEntropy.... You are too, too, much.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif

You title, honorary or otherwise, sounds much deserved and well earned!!!

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Thank you, Sirrah! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
Back to head gasket: & do not use any type of sealant (i.e., Permetex or the like)...I really don't know why God let man discover that stuff - there's no place on a British car where its useful!
 
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...I'll go sit over inna corner now, 'k?
 
I looked and there was no markings at all , but all the holes match , also dug around in the trash found the old head gasket. it was marked , had it right after all .
thanks for all the help
 
John,
Thanks for the update and enjoy the sojourn into LBCs...

Don't be a stanger... This is a great Forum and a wealth of shared knowledge...sometimes... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
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Thin spritz of aerosol Hylom..

Oh jeez, I hope that corners big enough for two /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif
 
I've just taken 4 heads off engines to take to machine shop...all 4 had the thermostat housings glued on with Permatex in addition to the studs & bolts - had to break one thermo housing into tiny pieces to get it off!
 
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I've just taken 4 heads off engines to take to machine shop...all 4 had the thermostat housings glued on with Permatex in addition to the studs & bolts - had to break one thermo housing into tiny pieces to get it off!

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Apples and oranges.

The Permatex Hylomar spray on blue stuff #81998 (not the tube o'glop from Autozone) is truly awesome. It was designed specifically for Rolls Royce jet aircraft engines. It's that good. I would not install a head gasket or turbo flange without it.
 
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