Make sure the date of manufacture is written on the gasket. They sent me one that was made 8 years ago and all the parts were rusty. There is metal in the gasket and even that was completely rusted when it arrived in a sealed box. To find the date, look down the long side of the box; all the way down. It is displayed as year, day, month. Mine, ordered January 2018, was: 10 28 05 (manufactured May 2010). I called Fel-Pro and they said they were having problems with vendors trying to get rid of pads that had been stored in leaky warehouses for a long time.
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