Bought this gasket for the downpipe, it is bent. Is it still ok or will leaks?

It was mailed in a letter envelop...

 

it will be fine. tighten it to spec.

 

its still good... as long as the gasket hasn't been crushed (used) it should be alright

 

It looks fine, as long as there are no creases.

 

thanks all.

 

is that an OEM gasket?

 

what happens if a gaket is slightly used? it is still good or once its used theres no uses for it no more

 

what counts as slightly used? lol.

I dont believe in using a new gasket for EVERYTHING, i rebuilt my old 1.4 inline 4 engine and re-used an OEM Gasket (5k miles old) and then ran 200bhp of nitrous through it without problem for months...

 

when i say OEM gasket, i meant to say OEM Head gasket

 

The bend on that gasket is no problem at all.

The new gaskets have a bit of forming to them that makes them thicker around the inner perimeter. Once you tighten down on it, that's gone. A used gasket will be ok, if the manifold and flange are both very flat. Some people have recommended lightly sanding off any corrosion before reusing one. Note that there is essentially no aftermarket gasket to speak of that can handle the temps of this joint.

One of these days I might try to figure how to reform an old gasket (probably with some thin wire and a rubber mallet) so that re-using one isn't a big deal.

Dave

I'm not aware