York diesels

[muchy_]

A friend of mine has to take the heads off his Ford York 6 cyl diesels and has asked me to find out if anyone knows if, when putting new head gaskets on you should use a gasket compound or just dry?

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[robied80]

Most engines you just use the gasket for for the head never head of using compound on the head

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[biffothebare]

Just make sure all surfaces are clean and dry(and flat!) and don't use anything.
Just a torque wrench!!!
If he is taking the head off because of leakage/ over heating I would recommend
getting the heads skimmed,as an insurance against recurrence.

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[biffothebare]

Just make sure that the surfaces are clean and dry (and flat!) and use nothing.
Just a torque wrench!!
If he is removing them because of over heating or leakage I would recommend having the head face skimmed as an insurance against recurrence.

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[Nauti Fox]

Are they copper or fibre?

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