Hey guys

Im needing some advice on what is the best brand of head gasket to use when replacing my head gasket?

My poor 94 Blew its Head gasket at 67,000 miles and i wanted to know which brand i should go with to not go through this headache again

 

First choice- OEM, second choice would be Felpro. Want to do it once, change both sides while you are at it.

 

If I might add something, Just replacing parts is only part of the repair.

See if you can determine just why it failed and try to prevent that from happening again.

 

I can say from experience that headgasket failures were common on early 90's 3.8 engines. The gaskets were already used in a difficult situation with aluminum heads and an iron block. In the early 90's, the headgaskets were made "environment" friendly( w/o asbestos) were were prone to failing. I hope the OEM replacements have been improved dealing with the weaknesses.
I would also hope that the OP will have the heads checked before completing the repair.

 

I hoping to do just to do it once and be done with it lol i seen a kit on amazon that sells the whole gasket set up but i dont know good it is, im thinking it blew out from a combination of sitting so long and all that gunk thats was in the radiator,

i replaced the radiator back in May because it had a very slow antifreeze leak that I thought was coming from the radiator because I pressure tested it and found a tiny crack at the top so i ended up junking it and even after that i kept smelling antifreeze occasionally so i change the heater hose because they had a small leak and it went away for awhile then the smell came back a few months later and it got to the point where I would see smoke in the exhaust but no signs of anything in the oil or build up at the radiator cap then recently it started to hydro lock and I couldn’t figure what was going on at first because it just recently became a issue and i pulled the 4th plug Yesterday and found water on the plug so i hope I caught it in time but who knows if it blew from sitting before i got it or it was overheated by the previous owner

 

It might seem like a bit of trouble now, but check all the valves thoroughly for any possible burned spots and correct anything unusual NOW, because as the old saying goes,
we didn't have the time to do it right the first time , but found the time to do it over.
There is as you know , a lot of satisfaction in a job done right and you know you can depend on what you did right.

 

Im going to have everything redone when i get time to take it to a shop in town thats does a pretty good on auto repairs m, im more than likely going to have every seal replaced and swap the water pump out so it doesnt fail on me after i get that gaskets change hopefully there no valve work that needs done but i have no idea how long its been like that so im betting i wont be that lucky😂 man hopefully i get her back on the road soon I already miss driving her

 

Don't forget to replace the hoses, thermostat and belt while all is open.