re-using head gasket

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Floydy

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I'm helping my friend rebuild his b16a1 and I was wondering if I can re-use the head gasket? Its a cometic 2mm metal head gasket. It looks to be in decent shape but I don't want to put the head back on and find that the head gasket it leaking.
 
your not supposed to reuse them because they crush but i have reused one before i sprayed hella copper spray on it and put it back on and it seemed to work good no oil in coolent and i wasnt loosing any coolent so maybe you can but since you really dont wana take the head off again dont do it.
 
I would reccomend just buying one at autozone or murarys. My freind order a cometic one for his LS, and when we went to intal it, your out it was for a VTEC head. So instead of waiting a week or so, he decided to get on from the local parts store, and it worked out fine.
 
Alright thanks. Yeah, I'm better off doing it now.
 
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