[Vwdiesel] Head gasket questions

Tue Apr 7 07:21:55 PDT 2015

No, it should need no sealant, its a crush metal gasket, works kind of like
a copper sealing ring.

Yes, follow factory torque specs.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Volks, currently fully rebuilding my aaz. I have a multi layer steel
> head gasket, do I need some sort of head gasket sealant? We ran steel shim
> gaskets on our limited late model engines that we used aerosol can copper
> coat on. And I'm getting ARP head studs, do I still follow the factory
> torque/stretch specs? Thanks!
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