<VV> Pan Gasket Question - Age?

[Harry Yarnell]

Cork WILL shrink with age, being sealed (?) in plastic may have slowed the 
process. If the holes line up, use it.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <chieftam at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 7:55 PM
Subject: <VV> Pan Gasket Question - Age?


> Hey, quick question.  I was looking through some of my boxes of parts, 
> and
> I found a pan gasket from NAPA, still in the plastic.  It looks like 
> cork,
> it isn't real think though.  It is old however, probably at least 10 
> years
> or more, as I think it came in a box of parts I got with one of my  cars.
> Since I have a pan leak, I am going to helicoil a couple of holes  and try
> to fix the leak.  I need a gasket.  Will this old one work? Do  they go 
> bad
> with age?  Thanks.
>
> Todd in TX
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