Which way should they face?

 

I would think flat side down,,good luck...

 

Thats what i did! sweet! Thanks! Did the oil pan gasket. . Again and did it the correct way. I did not get these gaskets the last time i did the pan. I also noticed that the pan that I had installed had a rather sharp lip on the distributor end of the gasket. When i removed the fail-pro gasket was cut. . .maybe from yanking on it maybe from over tightening i took a file to it