cylinder head gasket goo?

[Al Blake]

Just had the heads skimmed on my 1983 EA81 1800 soob. The workshop did a
nice job.
Have to put it all back together tomorrow and the Gregorys manual says to
use gasket sealant on the new Cylinder head gasket.
I have never used sealant on heads before (and there wasnt any on the
original gasket that came off).
Some books say use it, some don't.
Any advice. Should I be using sealant on aluminium heads?

Al,
Australia

 

[Jim Stewart]

Just had the heads skimmed on my 1983 EA81 1800 soob. The workshop did a
nice job.
Have to put it all back together tomorrow and the Gregorys manual says to
use gasket sealant on the new Cylinder head gasket.
I have never used sealant on heads before (and there wasnt any on the
original gasket that came off).
Some books say use it, some don't.
Any advice. Should I be using sealant on aluminium heads?

Al,
Australia

Here in the states, everyone seems to love
the spray-on copper-bearing Permatex gasket
sealer for heads.