<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">According to Felpro the smooth side of the exhaust gasket goes against the cylinder head, which makes perfect sense in that it is a smooth machined surface whereas the inside of the manifold flange is a rough casting. Smooth to smooth and rough to rough....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 6:34 PM Bob Haskell <<a href="mailto:rchaskell@earthlink.net">rchaskell@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The primary heat source is the combustion chamber.  But you're also <br>
trying to prevent heat from the exhaust manifold from going back to the <br>
cylinder head.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
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Bob Haskell<br>
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On 10/21/22 6:00 PM, Richard Kahn wrote:<br>
> I was told that the shinny side towards the heat source.<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
><br>
>> On Oct 21, 2022, at 2:04 PM, Bob Haskell <<a href="mailto:rchaskell@earthlink.net" target="_blank">rchaskell@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>  Nomination for the dumb question of the week.<br>
>><br>
>> The intake/exhaust gasket for the 6 cylinder engines has a shiny <br>
>> steel side.  Does that side go next to the head or the manifolds?  <br>
>> I've always put the steel side to the manifolds.<br>
>><br>
>> No oil involved. :)<br>
>> Cheers,<br>
>><br>
>> Bob Haskell<br>
>> Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar<br>
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