I bought this head gasket on ebay and the seller said it was brand new. Although when I got it, it was being held together with zip ties and a metal spacer between the two peices. The seller said it was from japan but i looked at my old gasket and it was held together by rivets and the same with the gasket that is being sold at the acura dealer. I already informed the seller about my observation and is more than willing to refund my money, but i just want to make sure that this gasket is un-usable. Here are some pics:





Original Head Gasket

 

maybehe took out the middle layer... for compression purposes.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gsrious &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">maybehe took out the middle layer... for compression purposes.</TD></TR></TABLE>

so wut r u saying?

 

bump for the night crew

 

is that supposed to be stock? beacause that looks pretty thick

 

im guessing that the center peice is used for bracing during packaging? anyone else?

 

thats not a stock gasket, it looks like it has some sort of spacer inbetween the top and bottom layer to drop compression for a turbo motor

 

Thats most definately not stock.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mmuller &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is that supposed to be stock? beacause that looks pretty thick</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

since the guy you bought it fromsaid he'll take it back... let him take it back. then you can go buy yourself a new one.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gsrious &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">since the guy you bought it fromsaid he'll take it back... let him take it back. then you can go buy yourself a new one.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It is certainly useable like you asked, but if you're looking for a stock one, that's certainly not it.

 

it could be a stock gasket with some kind of copper spacer in between to lower compression. i dont know if i would trust it though.......send it back and just buy a new one from the dealer.

 

sending it back. seller already refunded my money

thanks everyone

 

its not stock
thats wayyyy to thick
and there should be lil brass rings holding the layers together.