I had to pull the drivers side head off of the motor to install the oil galley plug that is half-way covered by the head since my engine builder decided not too. My question is can I reuse my fel-pro 1074 head gasket? The gasket has seriously been taken out of the wrapping slapped on with my heads and has been sitting on the engine stand for a month and thats it, when I pulled the head I checked the gasket and didnt see anything bad about it just leary because the head was torqued on.

 

I would not reuse the gasket, but it is your choice. Do you like taking the head off in the car if it leaks? They are pretty cheap so I would just get a new one.

 

get a new gasket. it'll prevent possible head aches down the road

 

you cant reuse headgaskets after theve been torqued,plus why take any chances your sig says a lil spray.just think how pissed youll be if it doesnt hold and you have to take it all apart again.these cars are such a pain to replace the headgasket.i take extra precautions on all of my cars. i used to use copper gaskets,o-rings and can of super 300,but now i just run cometics.

 

cometics are good. All I ever plan on using is mls head gaskets. Can't beat them.

 

IF they don't leak. On a fresh build where you can specify the correct surface they are nice. Otherwise, there is about a 1/3 chance of seepage. As far as re-using the Fel Pro, no.

Rich

 

Resuing head gaskets is a good way to end up doing the project all over again.
Grab a new one and sleep well knowing you did it right the first time.