Besides a standard engine gasket kit, we opted for Ford’s reinforced rubber valve cover and oil pan gaskets. In our experience, they’re cheap insurance against irritating oil leaks.

In the Oct. '19 Shop Manual column we responded to a letter from Bruce Carlisle concerning dried and cracked rubber window gaskets on his ... this piece of reinforced rubber was very dirty ...

Gasket manufacturers have empirical formulae for joint design. These were developed for asbestos reinforced rubber and the use of aramid or other reinforcing fibres requires different values for some ...