New Pacesetter paper gaskets

[99W68Firebird]

I got fel-pros on right now, and yea im sure they are causing the leak i have, so i bought the pacesetter ones, but for the install is there anything special i need to do. Like is there anything that i have put on the gaskets to install them other than just put them in place and tighten the bolts?

[ellik]

soak them in water overnight before you put them on.

[99W68Firebird]

is that really gonna matter?

[98Camaro3.8]

I've used 2 sets of paper gaskets (one for inital install, and 1 during heads/cam swap) and I didn't do anything special to them. Open the package and install them.

[BirdOnFire]

I also heard about soaking the pacesetter gaskets in water also, what is the point of doing that? and does it really help out? I put ultra copper sealent on my pacestter gaskets, but my drivers side just started leaking again, so im wondering if i should soak them this time?

[BLLDOGG]

i didnt do anything and they are doing great. if i could go back though, i would definatly do the ultra copper stuff

[oil pan 4]

Copper ones won't leak if you can get/make them.

[99v6cam]

Originally posted by BLLDOGG:
i didnt do anything and they are doing great. if i could go back though, i would definatly do the ultra copper stuff

that makes two of us

[MrCoffee]

pathogen coverd my pacesetter gaskets in petroleum jelly (vaseline). They have absolutly no problems, so I'd do that again. I forget what she said about it, cuz I thought it was strange, but there really is a good reasoning as to why she put it on them.

[Distephano]

I just put mine on without doing anything to them. No problems here. Had them on for about 4000 miles, no leaks yet.