A question on the head gasket. There are 2 oil passage locations through the head, one up front, one in the middle. Shouldn't both locations on the head gasket have the copper sealing ring? Mine only has one on the front.

Any head gasket preferences out there?

 

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"Should" probably depends on what the manufacturer found would work.  If you supplied a brand name somebody might be able to say if theirs is the same or not.

Looks to be a generic no-name brand provided by the machine shop. Have only used the rear main seal so far from kit. Don't have a warm and fuzzy feeling about using this head gasket, should probably just pick up a Fel-Pro head gasket.


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 I have a new FelPro head gasket. It doesn't have a metal ring around either hole. Instead, it has a red sealant? around both holes and around the front rectangle where the timing chain drops down to the crank. The cyl. bores are the only thing that are reinforced with metal. I would have thought that the manufacturer would have treated both holes the same on yours.