It's been a while, but from memory Elring advise not to use any sealant. I did not on mine using Elring and ARP studs. I think Pedro the Swift used Hylomar on his D2 V8 but I had a feeling he used Cometic gaskets. Cheers
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						SubscriberThanks Dave, it’s a 2002 Discovery 2 with a high compression 4.6L V8 out of a P38a Range Rover. So virtually a standard Disco2 V8 with a 4.6L block.
Do you normally Hylomar the head gasket and intake ports or leave them dry? I think I left them dry last time.
I just happen to have two refurbished heads sitting on the shelf from my old 4.0 so makes sense to swap them over to save a trip to the machine shop. This job must be completed over Easter, ready for a trip the following Friday.
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It's been a while, but from memory Elring advise not to use any sealant. I did not on mine using Elring and ARP studs. I think Pedro the Swift used Hylomar on his D2 V8 but I had a feeling he used Cometic gaskets. Cheers
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						SubscriberThanks Ozscott, I only asked the question because Pedro commented to use lots of glue.
The last one I did was definitely dry and was okay until the block split two or so years later.
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						SubscriberHead gasket repair completed, with my spare refurbished heads installed, and no more leaks.
I think I will have the heads I just took out refurbished and put those on the shelf for next time. Hopefully that won’t come again too soon.
South Australia here we come.
2002 D2 4.6L V8 Auto SLS+2" ACE CDL Truetrac(F) Nanocom(V8 only)
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