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Have an Elring from IPD... Disappointing Shipping Service 900 1995

posted by  benfingland on  Sat Nov 2 21:24 CST 2013
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I've only done two headgasket jobs - one on my now departed 940 n/a and one on my 940 turbo, so I can't say I'm really that qualified to make statements about gasket quality, BUT:

-I used Elring on the n/a and was impressed by the quality of its material, its thickness and metallic reinforcements. It was not something that could bend easily.

-I used Reinz on the turbo and was not as impressed. It seemed a little flimsier: still reinforced but I felt I had to be a lot more gentle with it to avoid damage when putting the head back on. It was much 'bendier' than the Elring.

The Elring held until I junked the car, and the Reinz has held for almost 2 years so far, so we'll see.

I did get a substantial oil leak from the n/a after a few months by the headbolt that goes into what I think is an oil delivery channel (on the right front of the engine). I didn't drain the oil when I did the job and this hole was basically full of crankcase oil when I put the bolt in - so it must not have been torqued enough. Re-torquing solved the problem.






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