February 11, 201511 yr With all due respect, I really don't see point. IMHO the rest of the engine would explode long before a good old Felpro perma-torque will fail... Edited February 11, 201511 yr by Crazyeights
February 11, 201511 yr Author i just installed new head gaskets and one failed i dont want to wait for anothee one in the mail and i dont want to pay 30 at orealys and i have alot of copper to play with
February 11, 201511 yr Author old gasket im sure it was something i did but i cant figure out why it would fail like that
February 12, 201511 yr I hope it works for you, clearly you have the skills to pull it off. Are you going to coat it or just put it on dry. Have you checked the surface to see if it's warped? I am looking forward to my dose of "humble pie" if you make this work. Then I'll want a pair Edited February 12, 201511 yr by Crazyeights
February 12, 201511 yr Author i do plan on coating it with copper gasket spray stuff and if it works ill have to pull the motor back out and do the other side but i want to make sure it works before i go to all the trouble of making another one
February 12, 201511 yr It'll be interesting to see how it works. I can see that down the road, I might need to do this, when a head gasket fails, and there are no more replacements available...
February 12, 201511 yr It'll be interesting to see how it works. I can see that down the road, I might need to do this, when a head gasket fails, and there are no more replacements available... That's when you go EJ OR eventually FA/FB
February 12, 201511 yr Author theres a crosstrek motor on craigslist ive been drooling over for a few days now its just bad timing for me right now or i would be snatching it up
February 13, 201511 yr Author so gasket is on engine is in its running i took it for a short drive and no more valcano out the radiator in fact theres almost no air bubbles i know theres still some air in the system so im expecting some bubbles but i popped the cap the water was right at the top of the radiator and only very small random bubbles i still havent installed the thermostate so i know theres no air traped there so so far so good we will see if it holds up
February 15, 201511 yr Author so the compression side of the gasket is all good but the bottom side has a definite oil leak im gona try and retorque it and see if i can get the oil to stop leaking i should have used the copper gasket sealer on it im sure i can get this to work its just gona need more work
April 9, 201510 yr Author Update im pulling the copper gasket off today i couldent get the oil to stop leaking so im installing a real gasket in its place so i guess this test was a fail but i think i can seal them so the next motor will have them just a few disign changes
April 9, 201510 yr Great try! I wouldn't have even though it possible and it sounds like you COULD make it work if you really wanted to.
April 9, 201510 yr Author Im thinking if i anealed it then copper coated it it would have sealed better but i think the key is to make the holes match the holes in the block and heads and not the holes in a blown out gasket
April 10, 201510 yr A thought I had. cut a shallow groove around the oil & coolant passages on both sides. Use RTV or aerobic sealant t keep the fluids where they belong.?
April 10, 201510 yr Author I think the copper is to thin to cut a grove in from what i read on the net the trick is to strip a single strand of copper out of a copper wire and shape it to fit the ports and superglue it in place they say the wire will bite in to the head and make a very strong seal but that ridge would be hell to get out of the serface of the head and block
April 10, 201510 yr Author But i could use the bead roller and roll a small grove in it then fill with silicone ive seen store baught gaskets done like that might work better if used on mulit layered gaskets i dont know what would be easyer to make but it woild make surfacing the heads easyer or maybe highbread them together 2 layers a bead roled around the ports then copper wire ring then high temp silicone then samwitch it all together now that would be a hell of a gasket but would take me a few days to make each gasket
April 10, 201510 yr Author Ok now i want to make a set for my little 6.2 diesel darn it to many projects
April 10, 201510 yr Author Well im doing exhaust gaskets today maybe ill try it out on a simmple gasket our bead roler in the shop has to be close to 50 years old and takes alot of finness to get anything desent out of it
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