copper

As some of you may know since owning my CX500 she's been a rough runner, including problems such as a weak left side exhaust, randomly cutting out after 5 minutes of operation (only under load never at idle). No amount of replacement parts, mechanical or electrical seemed to fix the issues at...

Curious what others have for an opinion about the reuse of various copper gaskets when they are sucessfully removed without tearing them apart. Also if others have reused them, what if any prep did they do before reuse? hammer them? anneal them? etc... Also, There is a sign of some PINK on...