Head gasket orientation on 1990 90 Evinrude E90TLESB

[MichaelP]

I made a rookie mistake and didn't note the orientation of the water ports on the head gaskets when I took it apart. I believe the water ports should be placed between the deflectors as shown in the attached picture where in this view the gasket would tilt up into position. In other words the ports on the gasket would favor the bottom and be toward the thermostats. Starboard side is shown here. Verification would be appreciated.

 

[Haffiman]

Re: Head gasket orientation on 1990 90 Evinrude E90TLESB

Most of the gaskets has an 'info' on top how to install:

 

[durban]

Re: Head gasket orientation on 1990 90 Evinrude E90TLESB

faceing the motor from spark plugs the left hnd cylinder head , the 2 water slots in the gasket go to the bottom faceing to the far left to the right cylinder its 2 slots bottom faceing far right hnd

 

[MichaelP]

Re: Head gasket orientation on 1990 90 Evinrude E90TLESB

faceing the motor from spark plugs the left hnd cylinder head , the 2 water slots in the gasket go to the bottom faceing to the far left to the right cylinder its 2 slots bottom faceing far right hnd

So if I understand you correctly my slots are shown on the wrong side. Correct?

Thanks Haffiman, I hope mine come with that info.

 

[durban]

Re: Head gasket orientation on 1990 90 Evinrude E90TLESB

no there's nothing wrong with the photo of the gasket the slots bottom to outer left & bottom to the outer right for the right hnd side face plugs

 

[MichaelP]

Re: Head gasket orientation on 1990 90 Evinrude E90TLESB

The photo shows the starboard (right) pistons so the slots are bottom left. Sounds like they should be bottom right (outboard) instead thus the picture is wrong. Upon closer examination for tell tale markings on the gaskets it appears I do have it flipped the wrong way in the picture but it's hard to tell for sure.