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how much for a gasket !!!!!!!!!!

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how much for a gasket !!!!!!!!!!

Post by firstlude » Fri May 01, 2015 10:49 pm

so as some of you might no my 4g was brought as a on going project so there are lots of bits i need to source one of which was a exhaust manifold which i now have but still needed a gasket so i happened to be going past a honda garage so poppped in to get a gasket the parts guy said that will be £43.12 +vat :o :o i dont have one would you like me to order that in for you sir good job i was sat down :shock: :shock:
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Post by Thebusofwoe » Fri May 01, 2015 10:51 pm

yup expensive. But with a metal gasket you can get a fair few uses out of them. Ive re used mine 2 or 3 times now without issues. :)
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Post by firstlude » Fri May 01, 2015 11:01 pm

i should think you can for that money only good thing was i now had the honda part number so after so ebay bashing got a fai gasket for £8.18 posted :D
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Post by vanzep » Sat May 02, 2015 8:28 am

ive got a couple fo the old triple layer OEM metal gaskets - you cant get better imo ;)
and like Thebusofwoe says you can reuse them
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Post by firstlude » Tue May 05, 2015 9:03 pm

the one i got is triple layer metal seems top quality to me
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