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15th Jun, 2009 at 08:06:55pm

So its the ones made in South Africa that were made from the wrong material, Does anyone have a gasket they bought recently?
Im wondering if these new ones have Africa written on the packaging, my spare says Made by Payen, Belgium.

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

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15th Jun, 2009 at 08:10:29pm

i was under the impression from the other thread the ones from belgium were the issue :S

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15th Jun, 2009 at 08:20:52pm

Ah, interesting. On TMF one of the guys was told by MiniSpares this morning that its the South African ones but maybe they all say Belgium on them

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

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15th Jun, 2009 at 10:42:10pm

How can you tell if you have one from the dodgy batch? Ive just fitted a bk450 head gasket :(

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15th Jun, 2009 at 10:47:51pm

I guess you cant tell.

Apparently the Payen Sales dept dont know anything about it

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

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15th Jun, 2009 at 10:58:27pm

Perhaps this is whats caused my cronic head gasket issues. Ill be able to tell you in a weeks time. Ive advanced my timing again. Although slightly too far pinks a tickle under load @ super high rpm circa 7800.

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16th Jun, 2009 at 12:09:34am

I got a reply from Gavin at mini spares, he says my one which has 1320 and is from belgium on it is faulty.
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16th Jun, 2009 at 07:53:35am

Just seen the other thread on these. Makes this thread pointless, I didnt know about it

Paul

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16th Jun, 2009 at 11:51:37am

Did you read the link that pointed to premature failure due to the chemical cocktail of pump fuel changing?

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