ebay gasket kit?

snyder250

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would it be ok to use a head gasket kit from ebay?or should i get the fel pro kit?or toyota?i am on a budget.thanx sorry 4 dumb question
 

Zumtizzle

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if i were on a budget. i'd use every gasket but the EGR Cooler, exhaust manifold gasket.

Get the Felt-pro or toyota HG.

But if you were looking for a one stop kit. look at stone or ishino very quality. :)
 

lewis15498

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89nasupra;1441118 said:
stay away from ebay gaskets! been there done that. my car was n/a at the time and it blew the ebay head gasket. get a quality gasket set and be done the first time.

So because you bought a bad gasket on ebay, its safe to conclude all gaskets on ebay are trash? If I buy an HKS stopper HG on ebay is it trash? I'm really getting tired of saying this, ebay is a market place, they have no connection to the items you buy. If you had problems with a certain brand, bash the brand if you must, but dont bash ebay.

Furthermore its almost never a good idea to use the HG out of a gasket kit. People buy them for the other gaskets, which is what he is asking about. These kits are usually a lifesafer, the only ones you dont want to use are the HG, EGR cooler, exhaust manifold, and sometimes the oil pan (just use FIPG).
 

89supra7mgte

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Well right now i am using an ebay purchased hg, i know tisk tisk right now this car is only being run stock with this gasket, as far as boost and electronics. I got a spare that i am building. Anyways i purchased it because it is made by the same company that we get our head gaskets from at work, and because i couldnt afford anything else at the time. i will let you guys know how it turns out and find that brand name.
 

suprarich

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lewis15498;1441121 said:
So because you bought a bad gasket on ebay, its safe to conclude all gaskets on ebay are trash? If I buy an HKS stopper HG on ebay is it trash? I'm really getting tired of saying this, ebay is a market place, they have no connection to the items you buy. If you had problems with a certain brand, bash the brand if you must, but dont bash ebay.

Furthermore its almost never a good idea to use the HG out of a gasket kit. People buy them for the other gaskets, which is what he is asking about. These kits are usually a lifesafer, the only ones you dont want to use are the HG, EGR cooler, exhaust manifold, and sometimes the oil pan (just use FIPG).

I feel you on this. I seem to type out this same point over and over myself.

Ebay does not make anything...there is no such thing as ebay intercoolers or ebay headgaskets or ebay "enter you choice of product here" anything.
 

lewis15498

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suprarich;1443218 said:
I feel you on this. I seem to type out this same point over and over myself.

Ebay does not make anything...there is no such thing as ebay intercoolers or ebay headgaskets or ebay "enter you choice of product here" anything.

Exactly. Rich sells stuff on ebay. Does that make Rich's stuff low quality? No, and I can vouch for this!