1.2 hks mhg damage

[san supra]

somehow the dowel pins and only the dowel distorted my gasket. I was selling it but i dont want it to fuck up anyones motor.

is it good?
can i fix it?
what happened?
ever see this happen?

mods at the time
arp torqued to 85ft
and the rest was stock

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[BrandonW]

the pins at the front and the back of the block surface?

 

[san supra]

yes sir!
in the pix those are the holes that are kinda mushroomed out.

 

[san supra]

i never had problems with it

 

[IJ.]

Usually they crack the shims at the dowel holes in extreme cases check it carefully.

 

[san supra]

idk exactly what your talking about when you say shims (the dowel pins?) but the dowel holes show no cracks at all.

this gasket was only used for 3k and the rest of it is in perfect reusable condition.

would the mushroomed edges cause any problems for sealing?

would you sell it like this?

 

[4U2QUIK]

Looks like the HG was put on dowel pins that were beat into the engine with something hard. This could cause a problem, but since I can't really check for distortion of the material from a picture (The tactile part of checking is required.) I couldn't really say if that HG is re-usable.

 

[san supra]

well how much distortion is to much?
what would you do to check it?
the dowel pins are not scared at all....thats why im confused about the damage.
i just pulled another hg off the same motor and reused it.....no sign of damage on that one.

thanks for the replys people

can i get you better photos? what angles?

 

[IJ.]

idk exactly what your talking about when you say shims (the dowel pins?) but the dowel holes show no cracks at all.

this gasket was only used for 3k and the rest of it is in perfect reusable condition.

would the mushroomed edges cause any problems for sealing?

would you sell it like this?

Top and Bottom layers are "shims" I was talking about cracks in them , clean the viton off and check them.

"If" there are no cracks I'd tap the mushroomed parts down with a piece of aluminium then ream them out for 10 thou clearence to a stock dowel pin and sell it.

Single crack and I'd bin it, I reused my HKS gaskets on average 4 times each before replacement.

Looks like the HG was put on dowel pins that were beat into the engine with something hard. This could cause a problem, but since I can't really check for distortion of the material from a picture (The tactile part of checking is required.) I couldn't really say if that HG is re-usable.

Can't see that being the case as surely he'd have noticed the gasket wouldn't have gone over them on the initial install then the head would have sat down?

 

[4U2QUIK]

I've seen some people do some amazing things without noticing.

 

[IJ.]

I've seen some people do some amazing things without noticing.

LOL Ditto but I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt and that maybe he's not a complete and utter moron

 

[san supra]

^ha true

ij you want me to hit it flat and then drill it out? why did this happen? hks fuck up with dowel pin measurement? (not likely)

i just dont want to fuck anyone over

 

[CyFi6]

Every HKS gasket Ive seen was very tight going onto the dowel pins, but my cometic went on very easily (still tight, just perfectly lined up). Not sure if its an HKS thing or not.

 

[san supra]

the hks went in easy for me