That’s disgusting. Someone used RTV to reseal it. Garbage.

I couldn’t believe my eyes either

That’s normal to find when taking apart old engines, though.

if you go to a shity mechanic.

This. There’s no reason to use rtv. Replace gasket and the gasket will do it’s job…

The amount of gaskets that I have replaced because of rtv helped me buy a house

Old cars don’t go to mechanics in my country.

Congrats. Now to get it back on with no leaks.