We all know Payen have ceased production of head gaskets for our cars so I was pleasantly suprised to see on a well known 'tier one' suppliers website 'Payen Head gaskets' available in 'normal' and 'extra thick'
I ordered 2 and these were duly delivered with an invoice that declared they were 'Payen'. In my opinion they clearly are not, on ringing they defended their 'Payen' origin claim but after my comments about the gaskets rec'd offered to take them back for a full refund inc postage.
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The pictures show an existing Payen gasket I already had identified by the red sealing strip around the edge. Points I would draw your attention to are:-
The material - Payen is a glossy surface coating that is almost sticky to touch the 'other' gasket has no such finish.
The sealing strip - My existing Payen gasket has a red seal strip on both sides the delivered gasket has none.
The waterway cutout at the end is cut away to the edge of the 'Fire ring' on the delivered gasket there is about 3-4mm of gasket between the waterway and the fire ring on my Payen.
The fire ring on the existing Payen have a central ridge in effect forming 2 separate deformable ridges. the delivered gasket has a completely different profile and, although not visible in the pics the inner dia of the fire ring is larger on the delivered gasket.
Quality - All the punchouts of my existing Payen are clean and sharp, the delivered gasket has loose material and 'torn edges'
So guys what do you think, Payen or not Payen? Needless to say they did not arrive in the familiar Blue/White striped packaging - Alan
I ordered 2 and these were duly delivered with an invoice that declared they were 'Payen'. In my opinion they clearly are not, on ringing they defended their 'Payen' origin claim but after my comments about the gaskets rec'd offered to take them back for a full refund inc postage.
DSCN3041.jpgDSCN3042.jpgDSCN3044.jpg
The pictures show an existing Payen gasket I already had identified by the red sealing strip around the edge. Points I would draw your attention to are:-
The material - Payen is a glossy surface coating that is almost sticky to touch the 'other' gasket has no such finish.
The sealing strip - My existing Payen gasket has a red seal strip on both sides the delivered gasket has none.
The waterway cutout at the end is cut away to the edge of the 'Fire ring' on the delivered gasket there is about 3-4mm of gasket between the waterway and the fire ring on my Payen.
The fire ring on the existing Payen have a central ridge in effect forming 2 separate deformable ridges. the delivered gasket has a completely different profile and, although not visible in the pics the inner dia of the fire ring is larger on the delivered gasket.
Quality - All the punchouts of my existing Payen are clean and sharp, the delivered gasket has loose material and 'torn edges'
So guys what do you think, Payen or not Payen? Needless to say they did not arrive in the familiar Blue/White striped packaging - Alan
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