> Aftermarket manufacturers are going to stop making 2, 3 or 4 gaskets for the > same engine once the engine is out of production for some period of time > (unless it is some specialty engine/head). > > The last Fel-Pro gasket I saw (a couple months ago), looked very similar to > the Mopar Performance gasket I put on my car, if not exactly the same. Same > thickness, same amount of metal around the cylinders, etc. I would not doubt > that a 2005 Fel-Pro gasket would be fine, but, I know, for $20 ... why not get > the MP one?
Let me tell you a story so to say, I was working on a brand X and purchased a Fel-Pro head gasket set. I installed the part and gaskets. The vehicle ran for 3 days before it started puking oil and Anti on the ground. Tore it back down to find a terrible sight. The intake gasket had failed and filled the motor full on antifreeze, and ruined the motor. The worst part is that it was a friends vehicle, and he is not mechanically inclined. I compared the factory gasket to the Fel-Pro one and they were really different. The factory gasket had built in intake end seals the Fel-Pro did not and they expected a 3/8 of an inch bead the seal the ends on the intake manifold. When I called them on it they said the gasket had to be installed wrong, because their gaskets were as good as the factory gaskets. The moral to the story is I will never buy Fel-Pro gaskets again, The best gaskets are the factory gakets. -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
