Head gasket

[Sesman]

New gasket set, but with rusty cylinder ring. I’m guessing it’s not fit to use?

Anybody had experience or opinion on this?

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Bearing in mind the amount of work involved to replace a head gasket I would not use one that is less than 100% perfect.

Not sure if a smear of Honda Bond woud be a fix or not - I have re-used a headgasket once but it was a BL Special Tuning all copper type that had been in place for a week on my Mini - it was fine.

[Nurse Julie]

Send it back to the supplier for a refund or replacement.

[Sesman]

Thanks, Julie.

Anticipated that might be the situation and a replacement is already on its way.

Thanks for the reassurance.

Incidentally I’ll be back next Friday so I’ll contact you about those o rings we discussed.

Cheers.