best head gaskets

Motostroker · Dec 10, 2013

Motostroker said:
I heard diamonds are made by clevite. And OEM is made by clevite on the same line. But different adhesive. Still though, I only use OEM gaskets. It's not worth the risk in my opinion. I've never had a come back with OEM. I have had one with diamonds though......

Customer brought in his own parts he ordered. Consisted of black diamonds.

Snake · Dec 11, 2013

Six_Sloww said:
No scientific proof...

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backwoodsboy · Dec 11, 2013

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kyle43335 · Dec 11, 2013

Motostroker said:
I heard diamonds are made by clevite. And OEM is made by clevite on the same line. But different adhesive. Still though, I only use OEM gaskets. It's not worth the risk in my opinion. I've never had a come back with OEM. I have had one with diamonds though......

when i was trying to source cheaper materials, i randomly selected 2 trucks to use those gaskets in.

bolth blew the gaskets within the year.

never had a issue with the 300+ oem gasket/stud jobs ive done

Motostroker · Dec 11, 2013

kyle43335 said:
when i was trying to source cheaper materials, i randomly selected 2 trucks to use those gaskets in.

bolth blew the gaskets within the year.

never had a issue with the 300+ oem gasket/stud jobs ive done

Exactly. This truck blew the gaskets within one oil change. I think 5-6k miles? The guy is literally 73 years old also. Pulls his outback trailer with it. That's it

O2ShootTheJ · Dec 11, 2013

That's encouraging. Lol

swinky · Dec 11, 2013

O2ShootTheJ said:
That's encouraging. Lol

You have black Diamond?

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O2ShootTheJ · Dec 11, 2013

speedinpowerstroke · Dec 11, 2013

kinda off topic but rather than starting a new trend since i am gonna have the heads off and can pull the motor pretty easy should i re-ring my pistons? and what else should i add while im in there for more reliability?

Motostroker · Dec 11, 2013

speedinpowerstroke said:
kinda off topic but rather than starting a new trend since i am gonna have the heads off and can pull the motor pretty easy should i re-ring my pistons? and what else should i add while im in there for more reliability?

How many miles do you have on truck?

kyle43335 · Dec 12, 2013

speedinpowerstroke said:
kinda off topic but rather than starting a new trend since i am gonna have the heads off and can pull the motor pretty easy should i re-ring my pistons? and what else should i add while im in there for more reliability?

do you have any reason to consider pulling the bottom end? or are you just "looking for something to do"?

swinky · Dec 12, 2013

speedinpowerstroke said:
kinda off topic but rather than starting a new trend since i am gonna have the heads off and can pull the motor pretty easy should i re-ring my pistons? and what else should i add while im in there for more reliability?

New lifters and hpop wouldn't hurt if it's got some miles one it

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Mike@MPD · Dec 12, 2013

We run the VR gaskets on all of our personal trucks including king kong with no issues

swinky · Dec 12, 2013

Mike@MPD said:
We run the VR gaskets on all of our personal trucks including king kong with no issues

Enlighten me on VR mike never heard of them. Victor reinz nvm :banghead:

speedinpowerstroke · Dec 12, 2013

never heard of them either.... reason i want to re ring it is cause when i do a first start up of the day i can smell burnt oil and it uses a lil bit maybe a quart every 5000 i have to pull the bottom end to take out the pistons? and it has new injectors in it so i wouldnt think oil is leaking by those and the hpop was installed at 130,000 it now has 149,000...

swinky · Dec 12, 2013

speedinpowerstroke said:
never heard of them either.... reason i want to re ring it is cause when i do a first start up of the day i can smell burnt oil and it uses a lil bit maybe a quart every 5000 i have to pull the bottom end to take out the pistons? and it has new injectors in it so i wouldnt think oil is leaking by those and the hpop was installed at 130,000 it now has 149,000...

A brand new one would probably burn a qt in 5k miles.

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Snake · Dec 12, 2013

VR = Victor Reinz = Black Diamond gaskets

97strokn&smokn · Dec 12, 2013

I ran a couple sets of the old black diamond gaskets 4 of the 5 trucks came back with hg issues I will never use anything but oem on 6.0 or 6.4 when it's your reputation leaving on that truck you want to make sure you use the best products. And I am believer in oem on those trucks.

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Six_Sloww · Dec 13, 2013

Gotta be honest.. I confused the black diamond gaskets with RCD's platinum gaskets..

IMO the RCD's are the only ones I would trust other then OEM, but I'm sure everyone will tell me I'm wrong.

All these stupid names sound the same.