Rpm90001 Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) Hello everyone, putting my 00 legacy L 2.5 back together.. And new to the Subaru world... Is it normal to see this much of the block through the head gasket? I left the pictures large. This does not look normal to me. I'm going to stop till I hear from the experts. This is a oem Subaru gasket. Thanks for any help. Edited June 5, 2011 by Rpm90001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Yes. That's perfectly fine. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstone Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 GD's the boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rpm90001 Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 Wow, thank you..you guys are quick.. Now I can continue. Sorry for the huge pictures.. Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 You will see that on gaskets at times, it is not a biggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 yep, normal. but i've always looked twice and thought it was odd too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Confused me at first too. I just said eff it, I hope it works... haha. And it seems to be working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rpm90001 Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 Seemed a little funny to me also, there has to be a reason..I just don't know what. Motor is all Back together, I took a lot if time making sure the surface was spotless wit a plastic razor and green scotch bright with wd40, had the heads machined just to clean up the surface and followed the. Torque spec to the T. Hopefully the oem gasket will hold up for atleast 60 k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Seemed a little funny to me also, there has to be a reason..I just don't know what. Motor is all Back together, I took a lot if time making sure the surface was spotless wit a plastic razor and green scotch bright with wd40, had the heads machined just to clean up the surface and followed the. Torque spec to the T. Hopefully the oem gasket will hold up for atleast 60 k. The updated gaskets are unlikely to leak. Probably will last the life of the engine. I've done quite a few of these and I haven't had a single problem yet. In fact I've never had a head gasket blow that I've replaced. It's all about attention to detail. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rpm90001 Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 If it's about attention to detail, I'm very confident I should have no issues. What was changed from the original gasket? I have thought that some of the people that had problems with the OE gaskets may have been instillation issues. I fell a little better now, I everyone keeps telling me I should of used other brand other than OE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricearu Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 the same "everyone" probably tell you to use fel-pros. Subaru spent MILLIONS of dollars finding a fix for the hg issue. i will take it rather than some gasket company only "printing" the head onto a composite or steel sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 The highest sealing force on a gasket is at the edge of the gasket. I can only guess that this has something to do with it but it is just a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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