Oil Pan Gasket

[green536@hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

ron, from gareth's statement it sounds like he is referring to an OE style 
gasket; not a cork gasket. OE gaskets are fiber coated stuff. Not cork. Cork 
gaskets suck ass. The fiber ones however arent really all that bad. Of 
course rubber ones are going to be te best bet though.


>
>--- gareth martin <garethdalziel@hotmail.com> wrote:
>In general, is it better to use a rubber oil pan gasket or just a
>regular coated fiber material
>
>I will never use a non-rubber (i.e., old cork style) gasket on a VW oil
>pan again.  The rubber (reinforced w/ metal) are soooo much better,
>it's a slam-dunk.  Same goes for valve cover gaskets, FWIW.
>
>=====
>Cheapass Ron
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