Head gasket water jackets???

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Aug 21, 2012 | 11:29 PM

93 2dr cherokee

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Head gasket water jackets???

having my head rebuilt and just relized none of the water jackets are cut out on the driver side of the head gasket?? is this normal?

Aug 21, 2012 | 11:45 PM

Bbasso

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pictures?

Aug 21, 2012 | 11:51 PM

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Assuming you have a 4.0 (do you?), it should look like this:

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Aug 22, 2012 | 12:25 AM

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ya thats it but the water jackets on one side of the engine are blocked.

Aug 22, 2012 | 12:36 AM

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Make sure "front" is front and make sure you have the proper side up.

Aug 22, 2012 | 12:39 AM

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If you are referring to those sorta-triangle shaped passages, those are supposed to be blocked by the gasket to keep the water temp across the head more uniform.

Aug 22, 2012 | 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Radi

If you are referring to those sorta-triangle shaped passages, those are supposed to be blocked by the gasket to keep the water temp across the head more uniform.

Ya thats what i was talking about. Didnt make sense to me. I read some guy cut them out and it made it run alot cooler.