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2000 KX500 Project

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Motorrad:
I've reused them with no issue.  But all my stuff is perfectly flat. And lapped together.   So I get away with more.    I ran 3 used gaskets stacked together once.   

sandblaster:

--- Quote from: Pmcg on March 15, 2014, 09:10:51 AM ---I obviously had to put my head on with the head gasket to pressure test the motor and now since I have to redo the kips valve I had to take the head back off. Did I wreck the gasket?  Are they reusable?  It's a cometic metal gasket. Thanks.

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I have reused mine on occasion but never after running it for a while, but probably could have on a few occasions.

Pmcg:
Thanks guys!  I lapped the head and obviously didn't run the motor as it was leaking like crazy. I think ill reuse it. I would imagine the leak down test would also show if there were issues with the head gasket.

Larry Wiechman:

--- Quote from: Pmcg on March 14, 2014, 08:12:44 PM ---So the motor would not even come close to  holding vacuum.   Looks like I'm ordering a new kips center valve
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 How can a KIPS center valve cause a vacuum/pressure leak?

alward25:
maybe he means the actuator rod, maybe :wink:

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