AAAHHHHGGGGG never rains it pours!!!!!!!

[umpkin]

dont you need to have both surfaces skimmed for the use of a copper one??? or dont it make much difference to a normal one, just they hold the high compression better??

that pic is of the one that blew, hhmmm clearly

[old-and-rusty]

Looks like it may be a common problem on ca18et`s.
When I first got my s12 (many years ago), the head gasket had blown in exactly the same place .
Regards,
Ian.

[30psi]

No.3 runs the hottest out of the cylinders so is most likely to be the one that kills the head gasket or the cylinder to get the most detonation damage

[s13eater]

yeah,i think you need to have the block and head skimmed to use a copper gasket.