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Old 10-27-2012, 12:40 AM
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In the process of installing my headers, as I took the stock manifolds off I realized the OEM MLS gaskets were in 2 pieces. The driver and passenger side are the same. It looks like that came apart at a couple little spot welds. Looks like as long as I line them up they will still hold up. I'm sure they are still better than what came with the headers.

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you can, but it isn't really recommended, although I have. For the $25 that I paid for oem gaskets, I figured it was worth the insurance.
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Yeah, I really want new, but around here no gm parts counters are open on the weekends. Guess I might have to wait til monday
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I've reused 3 sets without issues. Always put some copper sealant around them though
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Do what joey said, it's been done, but I just don't see the need to be that cheap. Not on that amount of money. Many people will tell you they reused them, and had no issues.
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Originally Posted by texasglock23
you can, but it isn't really recommended, although I have. For the $25 that I paid for oem gaskets, I figured it was worth the insurance.
Honestly I would agree with this.. For the extra money it's not worth the potential problems.
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You guys make it sound like changing gaskets on an exhaust manifold is an expensive and laborious task lol... I have reused them I don't know how many times with my turbo setups. And replacing one takes only like 15 minutes.
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You make it seem like it's a really expensive part...some people's time is worth more...why not just do it in the beginning and be done?
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Its not expensive. Maybe I've just thrown too much money away at the suggestion of other people. Having monkeys rebuild your transmission a dozen times when they say YOU HAVE TO USE ALL THESE BRAND NEW PARTS and then they **** up something else and waste the money you spent on all the bullshit at their request... Its just not cost effective.
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It will be fine. Ive reused them many times. Theyll be compressed together anyways. And as Smoke said theyre easy to change out later


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