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Can a new head gasket be bad?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Yes if it has not been inserted properly. Also frequently the head may be damaged or deformed by the previous gasket failure and therefore if the head is not sent away to be reground (flattened and polished) the leak can immediately reform past the new gasket.

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