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Originally Posted by ursus
Finishing up on rebuilt engine and using a FelPro graphite/metal core head gasket which akin to the BEST Graphtite gasket. The Snyder 5.5/1 head is new and the block was surfaced just enough to true things up.
Do I still need to used a spray-on gasket sealer or not. I would like to avoid the messy cleanup if the head has to come off later. Somebody told me that this type of gasket sticks to the metal and that clean-up is still a chore with or without the gasket sealer. Any thoughts?
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I use the copper spray-on gasket sealer when I use the Best gasket and yes, cleanup of the head and the block surface afterwards is a pain. (And separation of the two to pull off the head later is also a pain.) I've also taken off heads with graphite gaskets that didn't use the copper sealer and cleanup is still a pain, but a bit less of one. A good carbide scraper such as
this one goes a long way to making it easier, just be sure to not allow the gasket shavings to go down a water jacket hole.