Which intake/exhaust gasket?
05-10-2012, 07:42 AM
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Year: 2000 XJ
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Which intake/exhaust gasket?
I am putting my rugged ridge headers on my 94 xj motor. I have 3 different gaskets to choose from. A thin sheet metal one with some sticky stuff on it. A thick silver one and another thick silver one with some steel rings lining the openings on it. Is there any advantage to one over the other?
05-10-2012, 08:12 AM
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The "silver" one is a soft compound that is good for sealing small nicks n scratches in your mating surface. I used the Fel-Pro one with the rings on mine.
05-10-2012, 12:44 PM
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I used a Fel-Pro one that looks like the top one you have and I sprayed it liberally with the copper gasket sealer before installing.
As Outlaw mentioned, the other two are good at sealing small nicks/scratches. But from experience, that soft compounds tends to deteriorate after a while. I used that type (Fel-Pro) on my 351 bronco and in about 3 months there was a section was blew off :/ Might just be my luck tho.
As Outlaw mentioned, the other two are good at sealing small nicks/scratches. But from experience, that soft compounds tends to deteriorate after a while. I used that type (Fel-Pro) on my 351 bronco and in about 3 months there was a section was blew off :/ Might just be my luck tho.
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Originally Posted by USMCgunrock
I used a Fel-Pro one that looks like the top one you have and I sprayed it liberally with the copper gasket sealer before installing.
As Outlaw mentioned, the other two are good at sealing small nicks/scratches. But from experience, that soft compounds tends to deteriorate after a while. I used that type (Fel-Pro) on my 351 bronco and in about 3 months there was a section was blew off :/ Might just be my luck tho.
As Outlaw mentioned, the other two are good at sealing small nicks/scratches. But from experience, that soft compounds tends to deteriorate after a while. I used that type (Fel-Pro) on my 351 bronco and in about 3 months there was a section was blew off :/ Might just be my luck tho.
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Originally Posted by SpruceJedi
The one withou rings was damaged in shipping. I'll probably use the one with rings then! Thanks.
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Originally Posted by USMCgunrock
LMAO
True..but from then on the thinner multiply gasket worked the best so I've stuck with it even on my XJ
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I've never used the copper coat stuff. But anything I can do to improve my chances of it staying sealed I am all in. So all you do is spray both sides of the gasket and give a quick shot to the metal surfaces of the head and header and slap it together?
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I spray multiple coats, waiting for each coat to dry and then "slap it together". I probably used half of the can just cuz I don't know when I'll be using it again..lol
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