FEL-PRO
Product brand
UnclaimedFEL-PRO is an American automotive gasket brand whose products are designed to help technicians seal engine and other vehicle surfaces, including imperfect surfaces encountered in repair work.
Last updated September 25, 2026
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Overview
FEL-PRO is an American gasket brand with roots in a Chicago warehouse in 1918. The company says its longstanding aim has been to make high-quality gaskets that install easily and provide a lasting, leak-free seal. Its work focuses on designing sealing products for the conditions technicians encounter during vehicle repairs, including heat, stress, component movement, aging parts and imperfect surfaces. The brand’s range includes engine-repair and leak-repair gaskets and related sealing products. Examples presented on its website include head gaskets, intake manifold gasket sets, oil pan and valve cover gasket sets, oil filter housing products, rear main seals, and timing cover and timing-chain-tensioner gasket sets. Fel-Pro describes its engineering process as encompassing research and development, manufacturing and on-vehicle testing. Some products include instructions or installation aids; the company also provides installation advice and technical tips. Fel-Pro presents itself to professional technicians and the automotive repair market through its emphasis on application-specific design, dependable sealing and products intended for real-world repair conditions. Its current website supports part lookup by vehicle or part number and directs visitors to installation or nearby purchasing options. The company’s official history says its products reached customers around the world, but the supplied material does not identify specific countries, current corporate ownership, headquarters, or named executives. Federal-Mogul Corporation acquired Fel-Pro in 1998, according to the brand’s official timeline. The supplied sources do not establish the brand’s present-day parent or owner, so no current ownership relationship is asserted here.
History
Fel-Pro’s official account traces the business to a small Chicago warehouse in 1918. The company describes its enduring purpose as manufacturing high-quality gaskets that are easy to install and provide a lasting leak-free seal. Across its history, the brand’s development has focused on adapting sealing products to the realities of engine design and vehicle repair, including heat, mechanical stress, changing component dimensions and imperfect surfaces. The company’s official timeline records a sequence of product, manufacturing and corporate milestones. Fel-Pro added synthetic-rubber gasket manufacturing in 1941. In 1952 it broke ground on a facility in Skokie, Illinois, for manufacturing, engineering and distribution. Fel-Pro Incorporated was formed in 1962, the year the company introduced its diamond logo. The brand later developed visual identifiers for its products: the Blue gasket and Blue Stripe® design appeared in 1976, followed by the parallelogram logo in 1977. Product engineering milestones included the release of PermaTorque® multi-layer steel (MLS) head gaskets in 1999, designed to accommodate movement between cylinder heads and engine blocks in late-model engines. In 2002, Fel-Pro Performance MLS head gaskets with LaserWeld™ technology were used in Dodge engines associated with a return to professional stock car racing. In 2004, the company marketed an intake manifold with molded rubber intended to withstand harsh operating conditions associated with OAT engine coolants. In 2014, Fel-Pro released HTA™ (High Temperature Alloy), a material design developed to withstand extremely high exhaust temperatures. Corporate ownership also changed: Fel-Pro’s timeline states that Federal-Mogul Corporation acquired the company in 1998. The brand marked its centenary in 2018. Its current website continues to present Fel-Pro as a gasket brand serving vehicle repair needs, with products for engine repair and leak repair, vehicle- and part-number lookup, technical advice, and information about product design, testing and manufacturing. The supplied evidence does not establish the brand’s current parent company, present headquarters, founder, or named executives.
- 2018
Fel-Pro marks 100 years
- 2014
HTA™ technology released
- 2004
Molded-rubber intake manifold offering
- 2002
Performance MLS head gaskets with LaserWeld™ technology
- 1999
PermaTorque® MLS head gaskets released
- 1998
Acquired by Federal-Mogul Corporation
- 1977
Parallelogram logo introduced
- 1976
Blue gasket and Blue Stripe® design introduced
- 1962
Fel-Pro Incorporated formed; diamond logo introduced
- 1952
Skokie facility groundbreaking
Products and positioning
A professional-focused gasket brand emphasizing application-specific engineering, durable sealing and designs intended for the imperfect surfaces and demanding conditions of vehicle repair.
PermaDryPlus® Gaskets with SpeedFit™ technology
A gasket offering featured on Fel-Pro’s homepage.
PermaTorque® MLS head gaskets
Multi-layer steel head gaskets released in 1999 to accommodate head and block movement in late-model engines.
Fel-Pro Performance MLS head gaskets with LaserWeld™ technology
Performance multi-layer steel head gaskets cited in the brand’s history in connection with Dodge engines and professional stock car racing.
HTA™ (High Temperature Alloy) technology
A material design released in 2014 to withstand extremely high exhaust temperatures.
Leak-repair gasket sets
Application-specific products that may include instructions and installation aids; the range includes intake manifold, oil pan, valve cover and timing cover gasket sets.
Recent events
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