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Gasket Reuse versus New Gaskets

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From Quick Guide: All About Gaskets

Summary: Gaskets may be reusable if the rubber isn't brittle, but if it's made of a cork material, you'll have to get a new one, as our expert mechanic explains in this free auto-repair video.

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By Nathan McCullough
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Nathan McCullough graduated from Nashville Auto-Diesel College with a GPA of 3.5 and received their Craftsmanship Award and Honor Seal. He has managed several automotive facilities...read more

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lazarus2 said

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on 6/5/2009 I appreciate you too, Nick! I like working on my engine but am new to much of this. Thanks!!

bing4 said

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on 5/13/2009 i appreciate so much you're doing nate i have watched all of your videos and i'm now actually attending a technical school to become a mechanic hopefully own my own shop one day i remember the first ever video i watched of you was when you did brakes on the ford probe and that was i think two years ago. Since then i have been watching all of your videos and i have learnt so much since then and i hope you continue to put videos up. Thanks for putting time into these videos i really appreciate it being a apprentice mechanic myself

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"Hi, my name is Nick McCullough on behalf of Expert Village. In these clips we're going to talk about the proper way to remove and replace an engine valve cover, that is cracked, excessively worn, rusted out, or otherwise defective. In this clip we're going to talk about gaskets. The valve cover gasket can be made of various different materials. Ranging from cork, rubber, or even plastic. This is the old valve cover. We're going to replace it due to the very large hole in it. The gasket however, may be reusable. As you can see right here, this gasket is made of a rubber material. As long as its not brittle, you can see it's still rubber, it can be reused. On this particular engine, the gasket is approximately thirty dollars. I have a brand new one here. For your purposes, you may just want to go with a new one. But due to my experience, once a got a look at this I'm going to return my gasket, get the money back out of it, and reuse the old one. It is only really possible on rubber gaskets. If yours is made of a cork material, you're going to have to get a new one."

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