hondaREX
03-28-2013, 07:40 AM
I recieved my Cometic MLS top end kit in the mail about 3 weeks ago and the USPS driver bent the padded envelope to get it into my mailbox. So i didnt open the package and returned it to the seller to get a NEW set. I contacted the seller and they agreed that a new set would be sent back. While i was waiting i had the thought that i should have opened the package and marked the kit so i could verify that i get a new set the next time and not the same, returned bent kit.
Well Monday i got the 2nd set. It was in the same type of packaging and the driver put it in the mailbox AGAIN, this time with a little more care...well not as obviously bent. I opened the package and removed all the gaskets. I should have marked the kit because it looks as if it is the first kit and there is some bends in the gaskets. The cardboard backer with the kit has a bend in it and the gaskets were slide to the opposite end of the cardboard backer, away from the bent end.
So the valve cover gasket has a decent bend in it. The head gasket looks good, the 3 layers are flaired apart making it hard to tell. The raised areas on the head gasket look to not be creased. And the base gasket looks good.
Do i take a chance and use them or complain AGAIN and get another set? I think it should be fine and i dont want to complain, but if im pulling my motor apart because of a leak im going to be pi$$ed. What is everyones thoughts? Thanks.
Well Monday i got the 2nd set. It was in the same type of packaging and the driver put it in the mailbox AGAIN, this time with a little more care...well not as obviously bent. I opened the package and removed all the gaskets. I should have marked the kit because it looks as if it is the first kit and there is some bends in the gaskets. The cardboard backer with the kit has a bend in it and the gaskets were slide to the opposite end of the cardboard backer, away from the bent end.
So the valve cover gasket has a decent bend in it. The head gasket looks good, the 3 layers are flaired apart making it hard to tell. The raised areas on the head gasket look to not be creased. And the base gasket looks good.
Do i take a chance and use them or complain AGAIN and get another set? I think it should be fine and i dont want to complain, but if im pulling my motor apart because of a leak im going to be pi$$ed. What is everyones thoughts? Thanks.