<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NITROUS &#064; Jan 4 2007, 09&#58;39 AM) [snapback]78297[/snapback]</div>
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Your block&#39;s like this, right?



Those gaskets should line up with the imprinted word &#39;front&#39;, with the four rectangular holes positioned toward the top of the motor. Excuse the pic below, I had to rotate one of the gaskets so you&#39;d see my point of gasket placement/positioning.



Those gaskets should be identical on both sides, as far as the sealing material for the ports & openings. Don&#39;t worry about reading the word front properly, but just have it positioned where the front of the motor is, and those little tabs are toward the front. That&#39;s what they meant about turn the gasket upside down. Notice in the pic below, the guy who sold me my motor also removed the heads to clean & polish, and put the gasket on wrong, thus causing my overheating problems. That is the driver-side head. Note that the tabs are toward the back of the head (right-ward in pic). One design of the 5.3L head gasket shows that only ONE of the coolant passage ports is open on the gasket. The rear-side is not needed b/c my year/model 5.3L does not have a rear passage to flow coolant on the back of the block, hence the closed part of the gasket. See what I&#39;m talking about?



You look as if you have the right gasket, if you have the ones like the pic I posted. I can&#39;t imagine still having problems with those gaskets b/c the extra provisions for coolant flow are there. Got an update???