[Healeys] Intake/Exhaust gasket

Bob Haskell rchaskell at earthlink.net
Fri Oct 21 18:05:38 MDT 2022


The primary heat source is the combustion chamber.  But you're also 
trying to prevent heat from the exhaust manifold from going back to the 
cylinder head.

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar

On 10/21/22 6:00 PM, Richard Kahn wrote:
> I was told that the shinny side towards the heat source.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 21, 2022, at 2:04 PM, Bob Haskell <rchaskell at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Nomination for the dumb question of the week.
>>
>> The intake/exhaust gasket for the 6 cylinder engines has a shiny 
>> steel side.  Does that side go next to the head or the manifolds?  
>> I've always put the steel side to the manifolds.
>>
>> No oil involved. :)
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bob Haskell
>> Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar
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