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On 21 Mar 2005 at 11:30, Constantino Tobio wrote: > Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > What gaskets did you use where the intake runners go on the heads?? I > > > >hope not the metal ones that came in the gasket set?? If so, you might > >as well start tearing it back apart. The metal ones are for the Type 1 > >only. The FI engines take the 3/16" thick plastic type gasket. > Do you have the part number handy? Is this part number still available? I can check on the part number tonight, but the correct FI gasket just consists of a thin phenolic insulator with a paper gasket bonded to each side of it. When this paper gets too torn up, I just scrape the paper off of them with a razor blade and use one of the paper dual carb gaskets on each side. This is completely equivalent to the OE FI setup, but a LOT cheaper. Unless you're really rough with them, the phenolic insulators themselves will last forever. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~