[Healeys] 6cyl Exhaust manifold to pipe gasket Q

[richard mayor]

Here’s what I would do.  I would coat both sides of the gasket with red hi-temp RTV.  I would not be concerned about which way the gasket is oriented.  Re-tighten the bolts after a few heat cycles.  

Richard Mayor
boyracer466 at gmail.com



> On Mar 4, 2022, at 9:04 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Those look like good quality; the last few I've purchased from you-know-who have been perforated 'tin' on both sides with some black stuff that looks like cardboard sandwiched between.
> 
> On 3/4/2022 7:28 PM, Alan Seigrist wrote:
>> All -
>> 
>> I decided to put the steel side up since the gas flows from there and figured the hot gasses would not eat away at the lip to the copper side  if it is facing down.  These are decent payen gaskets i got from AH spares,
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Alan
> 
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