1993 Head Gasket?

[troyrt10]

I've seen the picture of what a bad head gasket looks like on a gen 1. Does anyone have any picture of what the newer(better) head gaskets look like? I got underneath my car and looked last night and they don't look exactly like the old ones, so I wanted to see if anyone had pictures of the new ones to compare with.
Thank You

 

[95Viper]

Easy...old ones looks sort of brownish or greenish paper and new ones are a 3 layer metal design...impossible not to see the difference.

 

[troyrt10]

Mine are metal!!!

 

[RTED]

Three layer design like Craig said. Out layers are shiny black in color.

 

[Jay Herbert]

Tri-Steel Gasket:

Composite Gasket:

 

[troyrt10]

Thanks! Thats what I got!

 

[RCKTMN]

Is this only visible from underneath the car?

Trying to find out for sure on my 1994.

Thanks,
Paul

 

[RCKTMN]

Is the composite above the bad one? Or, are both steel and composite gaskets considered replacements for the 'paper'ones? Trying to get a better idea of what to look for.

Thanks,
Paul

 

[Jay Herbert]

Is the composite above the bad one? Or, are both steel and composite gaskets considered replacements for the 'paper'ones? Trying to get a better idea of what to look for.

Thanks,
Paul

"Composite" is just another name for "paper".... they are the same gasket. You want to use the tri-metal gaskets.

 

[RCKTMN]

Jay,

Thanks for the reply.

Paul