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Yikes! I need some fast head gasket advice! 200

posted by  Jakeinthebox on  Wed Jul 20 14:35 CST 2005
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FCP Groton sent me a cheaper head gasket than I ordered! I wanted an Elring head gasket part # VOL-1378645 ...the one I got was a cheap looking Vicor Reinnz gasket...there's a # on it that says 60-24490-30 It seems it would fit the same, but the holes over the water ports/passages are tiny! Well, around cyl. #4 they're the same oblong shape as the block and head, but by all the other cylendars they're tiny 1/8" round holes. I don't think this would cool my engine well enough, would cause it to overheat, and to blow the head gasket. So do I risk it in the name of saving time, or call FCP groton first thing tomorrow morning and demand what I payed for? P.S., the original one had holes exactly like those machined in the head/block. Thanks everyone!
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