Bent Head Gasket Fixable?

340plot said

opinions only, so i say that if you really think to re-use that, you are all off your rockers!.lol whay take a chance like that, and have to do it all over.
that is not your fault. it is the shippers'. do not waste your time or money trying to use that bent piece of crap

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As long as the gasket has a gentle bend, and not a kink, it will be OK. That gasket was shipped between 4 pieces of heavy cardboard, and that has always been ok, on prior shippments. That said I will get some other type of stiffener, for furture shippments. I did offer to send a new gasket, if that one is questionable, and the buyer can wait for the new one to arrive.