Head gasket

[Hedd_Jones]

Taking Steve Jones's advice having previous been a little light grease only person.

For the last few years following Steve's advice I use Copper Silicone and "touch wood" not suffered a failure (fatal to say) !

I have fitted at least 20 heads in that time.

So since the gaskets now have harder material in the middle I have used Copper Silicone and plan to carry on doing so.

Thank you for the recommendation Steve.

Its also worth pointing out, as we often over assume the level of competence of others. You don't smear it on with your finger and let it ooze out as the joint is tightened.

You put it on very thinly indeed, I use a little 1/4 wide flat artists brush (bought very cheaply in a pack in the art section in Wilkos) to apply.

I've been watching a lot of Youtube of late with my workshop being some distance from home and with lockdown my conscience doesn't allow me to make specific visits (I visit during my journeys to and from work). Particularly Deboss Garage. He uses some spray on gasket goo (with a gasket) in certain applications.

I think this conveys the thickness of any jointing goo you might choose to use in any automotive application