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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: visionracingdevelopments on September 21, 2010, 02:01:49 PM

Title: head gasket thickness
Post by: visionracingdevelopments on September 21, 2010, 02:01:49 PM

Quick one. BMWfans.info lists standard M42 head gasket thickness of 1.74mm. Can any one tell me if this is a compressed or uncompressed value? OR what the compressed thickness of the standard head gasket is?

Title: head gasket thickness
Post by: dude8383 on December 14, 2010, 09:43:22 AM

Damn, this is the same question that I have.

Title: head gasket thickness
Post by: wannam42 on February 14, 2012, 08:58:20 PM

According to this thread (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1229094) (on bf.c of all places): the COMPRESSED height is 1.36mm-1.40mm.

Title: head gasket thickness
Post by: dude8383 on February 15, 2012, 09:43:10 PM

Quote from: wannam42;110272

According to this thread (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1229094) (on bf.c of all places): the COMPRESSED height is 1.36mm-1.40mm.

LOL two years too late :P

Thanks for the link though