Help: Can i Re-Use These Gaskets??

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Old 11-10-2005, 09:36 AM
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Help: Can i Re-Use These Gaskets??

i just got in a pair of comptech headers, and he gave me used OEM gaskets along with it... now, im impatient as hell, and i called all around looking for new gaskets but noone has it and they have to order it and it will come next week, and i want to install my headers NOW..

so i was wondering if i could use these:
from the looks of it, there are no bends or cracks... just seems a bit dirty, looks dirtier in pics as well.





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Old 11-10-2005, 10:28 AM
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simple answer, no.

The gaskets look clean but since they were used they are collapsed. You will have a leak and you will be installing new ones.

Save yourself the headache and just wait.
Old 11-10-2005, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad(MR2 Snob)
simple answer, no.

The gaskets look clean but since they were used they are collapsed. You will have a leak and you will be installing new ones.

Save yourself the headache and just wait.
you can use the original ones...but like Chad said, you run the risk of a leak in the future and having to put new ones on anyway - happened to me
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