First timer here for head gaskets, but it seems to me these two are identical rather than being mirror images L and R

 

Please advise.

 

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9636&d=1335118382 I have to get the car on the road

Edited April 22, 201213 yr by thedoctor
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They should both be the same part number as I recall. Just flip one over.

Most engines (that i have done head gaskets on) have been the same. Just put them next to the head and see if they match. Whic engine are these to?

both heads are the same casting. it is possible to install the head backwards and still run..i have seen it!

But the right head has the EGR port in it. I need to know whether or not to plug it. I did start another thread on this.

the part of the gasket that is forward on the left side will be at the back on the right side.

 

Same gasket both sides.

 

Same heads both sides except for the machining for EGR port threads.

 

 

Install the EGR tube, block off plate the instead of valve.

 

although why you'd want higher cylinder temps is beyond me???

As Valentine Mike says in Stranger in a Strange Land, "I am but an egg." Thanks for helping.

Well... I Knew about Iron Maiden's "Stranger in a Strange Land" :-p

 

And I've read once about an EA82 Running with Flipped Heads, but with EGR Disabled...

So, those Head Gaskets must be OK, just test them on the Heads Prior to Install, to see if they Block the EGR.

Kind Regards.