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Old 10-17-2008, 10:23 AM
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I am in the process of rebuilding my engine and when I ordered all the gaskets the guy told me that I can reuse my valley cover gasket. It is basically the same design as the oil pan and front and rear cover gaskets so does that mean I could have reused them?

I searched and searched some more but could not find an answer. I already have new gaskets some I'm gonna use them. But, I am bout to do a oil pump swap on another car and was thinking bout reusing the front cover gasket.
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Well supposedly you can't but I for sure reused mine when did my cam swap and no apparent problems. I went new this time around for current build up but put so much bucks into it that another 300 or more for gaskets just didn't seem as bad.
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Anybody else reuse your gaskets?
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front cover gasket it fine to reuse just be careful when taking it off incase it is stuck anywhere so you don't tear it. I added just a little bit of black silicone to mine after an oil pump change right where it meets the oil pan. Just for piece of mind against it leaking.




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