CSteve, disagree with you as well. And I'll add, grow a pair. While a 3-4-5 week delay in getting a job done would irritate pretty much anyone here, not one person answered the "would you use this gasket" question, which is what the OP actually asked about. The thread is pretty rotten...eg so far unhelpful to the OP. You're turning it into something even less, e.g. how does your phony outrage resolve an issue like this?
@BevHyena, consistent with your suspicion, the gasket is use-able. While I do not usually gasket sealer on any portion of a head gasket, if you are concerned about leakage at the area in the photograph and need to get this job done, you shouldn't have any problems at all with a small dab of rtv-like gasket sealer on either side of that "crack." If you prefer to close the loop with Autohaus AZ, might I suggest a phone call to them might expedite things? Work harder at getting their phone number. Especially since you'd been ordering parts from them for years without any problems.
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