MLS Gasket

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:24 pm

Looking for the best place to get a MLS Gasket and by best I mean cheapest

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:58 pm

Why MLS? doesn't that need a heavy head skim?!?!

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:08 pm

Robin Said get MLS so MLS it is

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:31 pm

Actually, I was meaning to use the MLS if you decided to reuse your old head.

The MLS without the shim is perfectly good I hear, but I've never used one - sooner or later it will be all you can get, so you can just use one ...

The MLS with the shim would require a head skim.

You can buy an MLS at your average motor factors - the BGA gasket set I bought came back with a MLS, but Lawrence bought one recently from Maxies (or however it's spelled) - also a BGA kit - and it was the OEM type.

If you want a complete head set including MLS I have one of the BGA kits unopened ...

Cheers,
Robin

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:50 pm

robin wrote: If you want a complete head set including MLS I have one of the BGA kits unopened ...

Can you bung 1 in and add it to the bill

Cheers

Stu160 · Post by **Stu160** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:52 pm

Hope you have skimmed the head first ,regardless of what gasket you plan to use??

Stu

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:58 pm

Stu160 wrote:Hope you have skimmed the head first ,regardless of what gasket you plan to use??

Stu

Why? The gasket itself is not thicker (it looks like it will be, but it cannot be, because the compression rings are the same); if you were going to fit the shim you would need to skim the head, but without the shim, it's OK, no?

Cheers,
Robin

woody · Post by **woody** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:11 am

Stu160 wrote:Hope you have skimmed the head first ,regardless of what gasket you plan to use??

Stu

check his profile link, should think he will

mac · Post by **mac** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:32 am

The head gasket set I got for Mandy's car had a "head saver shim" in it.

I just fitted it

Pretty weird head gasket - there wasn't any noticeable silicone on it unlike the one I removed.

That will explain why the compression tester figures have dropped a bit!

Oh well - it's not going to be on for ever.

Mac

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:41 am

Graeme isn't reusing the old head, it's dairylea on toast

Cheers,
Robin

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:51 am

mac wrote: That will explain why the compression tester figures have dropped a bit!

Oh well - it's not going to be on for ever.

Mac

Evel less excuse for being overtaken then!

You need a supercharger to bring it back up....