varosd 1,185 #1 Posted April 23, 2013 Are there any plus/minus to using metal or regular gaskets for the cylinder head? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim_M 179 #2 Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) Metal gaskets are reuseable but hard to seal. Unless you're removing the head a lot, go with a standard gasket. Edited April 24, 2013 by Jim_M Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
varosd 1,185 #3 Posted April 23, 2013 thanks Jim it would seem to me that the metal may last longer but harder to seal w/o some sorta blue goo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fordiesel69 271 #4 Posted April 25, 2013 Composite gaskets "without" the fire rings have never worked for me. The metal seemed to work very well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkPalmer 81 #5 Posted April 25, 2013 I use the Stens metal head gaskets with the metal ring, and have never had one fail. They do require 2 or 3 re-torques after heating and cooling cycles, and clean un-warped deck and head surfaces are necessary. As a general rule I never re-use any head gasket regardless of material, they are cheap enough to not be worth taking any chances with. -Mark- 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
