Re: [Amc-list] The 'Turbo' Life Cycle

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If they designed new ones for the 196 it may well be there is no problem.
The old ones did fail, fairly regularly IIRC.
Not so much if the owners had them torqued as required, but adding boost to them may quickly do them in?
Now a new modern gasket could/should be a completely different story.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> --- Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> don't know what the head gasket issue is
> > in these cars. There 
> > aren't that many head bolts, but it's not THAT bad.
> > They're adequately 
> > sized, and I *think* the  gasket face widths are not
> > bad (I don't recall 
> > any really thin spots, but I didnt' examine with
> > that in mind...)
> > 
> > Is it just that they're always the old-fashioned
> > type? Not the new-style 
> > Felpro blue type? My recent kit was Felpro, but it
> > was old style and 
> > required sealer and all that.
> > 
> I just bought a Felpro gasket kit for the OHV 196 I'm
> putting together and it's the new type sandwich type
> gasket.  Felpro says no sealer needed.
> 
> Joe Fulton
> 
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