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12-31-2020, 07:50 PM | #1 |
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Head Gasket for 21 stud
In your wise fordbarn opinion which is better copper or graphtite?
I have used graphtite gaskets on heavy duty diesels with good success but never copper on anything. Love fordbarn keep up the good work |
12-31-2020, 08:16 PM | #2 |
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Re: Head Gasket for 21 stud
Depends what type of cylinder heads you have fitted to your 21 stud engine. If they are cast iron then copper head gaskets are fine. If it is aluminium then composite gaskets are required. Copper can react with aluminium and cause corrosion problems at the very least. Coolant is very important, but that is another story with 50 different answers. Regards, Kevin.
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12-31-2020, 09:25 PM | #3 |
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Re: Head Gasket for 21 stud
Composites here slathered with plenty of wheel-bearing grease on all surfaces. Jack E/NJ
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12-31-2020, 10:08 PM | #4 |
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Re: Head Gasket for 21 stud
I have aluminum heads and never thought about the reaction with copper. Why would you use grease on the composite. Never found a need on any motors we have already done.
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01-01-2021, 09:03 AM | #5 |
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Re: Head Gasket for 21 stud
I have had no problems with copper or steel gaskets well coated with copper coat and would never use the other type especially on valuable heads. The composite gaskets bond to the heads and block and cause the heads to stick on and they will fail as easy as any other gasket. By the time they are cleaned from a alum. head if you can get it off there will be scratch and gouge marks and so on.
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01-01-2021, 04:53 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Head Gasket for 21 stud
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I prefer gaskets that bond well. That's kind of a main requirement
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01-01-2021, 06:21 PM | #7 |
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Re: Head Gasket for 21 stud
That's what the grease is for.
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