Question about water passage hole in head gaskets for a 22RE.
In this picture you can see the block (lower image), old head gasket (center image, silver in color) and a new head gasket (top image, dark in color).
The blue circles show that the water passage in the block is about 3/8 by 1 inch in size. Both the old and new head gaskets only have a hole about 1/4 inch in diameter for the water to flow through.
Is this normal, or is there a difference between manufacturers of gaskets??? Or does the water have to have a greater residual time in the block to better transfer the heat to the water???
I want to bolt this engine back together, but would like to know if I’m making an error using this head gasket.
Thanks,
Jerry D.
In this picture you can see the block (lower image), old head gasket (center image, silver in color) and a new head gasket (top image, dark in color).
The blue circles show that the water passage in the block is about 3/8 by 1 inch in size. Both the old and new head gaskets only have a hole about 1/4 inch in diameter for the water to flow through.
Is this normal, or is there a difference between manufacturers of gaskets??? Or does the water have to have a greater residual time in the block to better transfer the heat to the water???
I want to bolt this engine back together, but would like to know if I’m making an error using this head gasket.
Thanks,
Jerry D.
