Quote Originally Posted by marksbug View Post
they started encapsulating the gaskets in the parts they were made to fit.a few nubs to hold them in place and a total soround of the part on each edge keeps the soft gasket in plase so it can do it's one job.seal!!! but you dont have that so you need the gasket to have a solid seat(washer at each bolt/screw/fastner location) I suppose for some applications it may not even need that where the load is spread over a large area like timing covers on engines,chevy,ford,mopar and more.and the best part is your gasket would be reusable .witch is great for performance guys. wow, this kinda makes me wish I wasent getting out of the perfromance end of things....keep up the great work!!!

what part of GA are you in?
And I find parts leaking all the time with those encapsulated gaskets under them because some fool over tightened the bolts to the point of deforming the Aluminum casting. Pull it off lay a straight edge on it and it will be warped so badly it might as well have been a stamped part.
When I am working on something that has a gasket between 2 flat mating surfaces, whenever possible I like to add a grove in the matting surface of the part that is replaceable or if possible make true o ring groves in them, use an o ring of the correct composition for where it is to be used and the likelihood the [art will ever develop a leak is greatly diminished