hell yeah the vehicle i bought to be reliable and boring blew its headgaskets, hell yeah previous owner fucked the gasket surfaces, hell yeah a fucked header stud won't back out

hell yeah

  • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    oh hey for diy-ers reading this: get a damn carbide gasket scraper. I have spent my whole life using razorblades to clean gasket surfaces and it has always both sucked and fucked up the surfaces. I bought a square-faced carbide gasket scraper and it's amazing.

    • kickit [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      doing my water pump soon, will get a scraper – thanks for the advice :solidarity:

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        This is the one I used, nothing but good things to say about it:

        https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/lisle-81810-carbon-scraper-5-designed-to-remove-gasket-residue-from-steel-aluminum-heads-and-manifolds-81810/11961186-P?searchTerm=gasket+scraper