Infamous

I've noticed that some of the gaskets on these engine are reinforced with aluminum (namely the oil pan and timing chain cover). Do these gaskets need to be replaced when doing a head/cam swap or are they OK to reuse? If the oil pan gasket has to be replaced, would anyone have a part number it? Thanks.

Steve68

iTrader: (23)

I took my gasket off the pan, its riveted, cleaned it up looks like brand new, I'm gonna try to reuse it,

777

iTrader: (21)

If they look decent, ie not ripped or torn (obvious), they should be fine. The only gaskets that really need to be replaced are the paper ones like the water pump gaskets on the 1998 model year cars. And you can replace those with the metal ones.

Now if you were building a motor from scratch or doing MAJOR renovations to it. I would just opt for new gaskets for peace of mind.