Originally Posted by
Slow5ho
they do blow, they dont deteriate like the old style but i just blew a cometic head gasket. it melted the sealing surface and warped the stainless center causeing it to leak permenatly. it would not reseal. call it blowing or just gone bad but they do fail.
yes i agee they can and do fail but almost every time they will not blow out or across like a normal head gasket so doing leakdowns or compression checks will not always show a faulty mls gasket, thats why i sugested the coolant dye cause its much easier to do