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I am a pessimist when it comes to Gaskets sealing.
I would use an old school gasket sealer on that gasket called Gasgacinch.
It is a thin rubber cement that if applied to a paper gasket will actuall soak into the gasket material and give will sort of rubberize the gasket.
If you are willing to wait the time for it to dry completely you can apply severa coats letting it dry completely inbetween each coat.
It is thin enough that you do not have to worry about it clogging up holes or breaking loose and circulating into the system (if you let it dry completely).
If you coat the Part and the Gasket and let it dry till both are sticky you can stick the Gasket in place and if you let it dry for a while there it will stay on the part during assembly.
Personal choice:
I will be facing changing the Oil Filter to Block gasket at some point as mine leaks some and I will follow my own advice when I do so.
I also do not plan to stone the Block Oil Filter Mating surface as I consider that too cramped of a space to work in without getting some of the gritty stuff inside; meaning it dose not look like an easy area to clean.
If I was rebuilding the Engine that would be a different situation.
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