Head Gasket Installation

Dragon · Post by **Dragon** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:38 am

I did the de-carbonization routine per the tech doc. Now I'm putting it all back together and I have the new head gasket as recommended, but I'm not sure if there is any difference in how I put it on. There is a little double ridge that is obviously designed to be squashed flat when the screws are tightened on the head. Thinking about this from the piston going outward, I can install a ridge up (toward the head) then down; or I can install a ridge down (away from the head) and then up. In other words, should the ridge closest to the piston go up or down? Does it matter?

MySpree · Post by **MySpree** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:19 pm

well i made the ridges go up. and it worked just fine.

Post by **noiseguy** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:45 pm

Doesn't matter.