93-12Smoke

I'm replacing my head gasket and curious if i should copper coat it. We used to copper coat all our race car head gaskets.

pulltilbroke

No need to copper coat it. Are you using a Cummins gasket?

93-12Smoke

Yes, that's why i asked. Looks like there is no need for it. Just wanted to double check.

rockmike

Has there been known problems useing felpro permatorque head gaskets on these engines?

dodgenstein

The Felpro's have a bad rep on mos diesel sites I've seen. Most recommend the Cummins gasket only. Comparing pics of the 2 side-by-side, the sealing beads on the Cummins are much larger.

Crossy's son

The updated Felpro gasket is identical to the cummins one, in fact it's been said that Felpro is the manufacturer of the Cummins gaskets.

tech-eh

hey that interesting they were different a few years ago any body got photos of them ????

Crossy's son

Guy on youtube did a comparison video, believe his name on youtube is "DieselStop"

rockmike

I watched that video a lil while back ...was pretty interesting.I did a some research on this felpro gaskt and found the old style gaskt#9332pt and the new improved gasket that looks just like the cummins unit is # 9313pt should retail at about $65.00

KRB

He put the copper on even though he said it wasn't necessary.

Wish I'd seen these before I started putting mine back together, some good tips. Hope to get mine buttoned up by the weekend. Then I'll see what all I messed up on...