TB gasket re-use

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JAMZ
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Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:58 pm

Guys can i re-use this gasket obvioulsy if its un damaged?

Have to wait for the stealers to get em in so im thinking about reusing it...Intake maifold gaskets i changed but this TB paper job,does it HAVE to be changed?
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maxfield
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Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:04 pm

I would of thought so if it's un damamged
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Adammcf
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Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:07 pm

I re-used the one on mine after the second time the engine went as it was only a couple of months old and still like new. Unless its in a bad way I'd use it.
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Andy335Touring
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Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:39 pm

Or make one from a cereal(sp?) box if you need a temp fix to get you mobile again ?
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Brianmoooore
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Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:20 pm

Don't think I've ever used a new one!
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lentec
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Post Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:42 am

Brianmoooore wrote:Don't think I've ever used a new one!
Me neither :oops: just didnt want to be the first to say it!
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