2.6 head gasket

[discopete]

Hey folks,
what type of head gasket should I use on this wonderful engine? The tin version I have lost it's seal and started leaking badly after only a few months on. To me it seems to be a bit thin for the application.

Pete

[djam1]

Pete
They were a tin gasket as standard I know there were composite gaskets for them but they reduce an already low compression ratio.
This sounds really dodgy but if you get a tin of aluminium paint and get the solids from the bottom of the tin and smear it on the gasket it will seal.
Use to do it in the old days when we didnt have gaskets.
You should be able to buy new gaskets from the 4x4 mob in Blackburn

Duane

[slippery]

If the head is in good condition go for the tin, if leaking get the composite, does loose compression but less likely to leak.