I need help putting it back together!!!!

[vroomzoomboom]

When you waved bye bye did you use all five fingers?

THAT is funny! lol

 

[blueka]

On both hands....this is the 2nd sport they've bought from me


Si

 

[lobo411]

I'd just washed the motor, so I'm not sure if it's leftovers... or new stuff.. it's oily.. it's not particularly black, it doesn't smell like used motor oil.. it's weird...


it's going to it's new home tomorrow... but, I feel bad...

Si

Did you figure out what the fluid was? I changed my lower intake manifold gaskets as well, I also used the "new and improved" Fel-Pro gaskets, and I also had a massive oil leak after. Frankly, I think the new design is just a recipe for disaster.

I changed the lower intake manifold gaskets 10 years ago as well, using a Fel-Pro old-design single piece gasket. Sealed perfectly that whole time and never lost a drop of oil out the bottom.

 

[blueka]

nope... no idea... it was oily... but, I didn't use fel-pro.. I used a victor reinz kit.. $150 from Napa... which was all I had available to me at the time.. there's no middle part to the lower gasket set... just 2 side pieces... poorly thought out.. I also had to replace the valve cover gaskets with silicone as when I took the valve covers back off to investigate, the gaskets fell to bits..

Si

 

[colintrax]

Did you figure out what the fluid was? I changed my lower intake manifold gaskets as well, I also used the "new and improved" Fel-Pro gaskets, and I also had a massive oil leak after. Frankly, I think the new design is just a recipe for disaster.

I changed the lower intake manifold gaskets 10 years ago as well, using a Fel-Pro old-design single piece gasket. Sealed perfectly that whole time and never lost a drop of oil out the bottom.

I just replaced mine with the fel pro and had no problems.

 

[lobo411]

nope... no idea... it was oily... but, I didn't use fel-pro.. I used a victor reinz kit.. $150 from Napa... which was all I had available to me at the time.. there's no middle part to the lower gasket set... just 2 side pieces... poorly thought out.. I also had to replace the valve cover gaskets with silicone as when I took the valve covers back off to investigate, the gaskets fell to bits..

Si

It's the same exact design, which I think is utter crap. You probably had the same experience I did: how the heck are you supposed to align the lower intake manifold with two independently-moving side piece gaskets AND position the manifold onto the RTV (which sets in 5 mins) without something moving out of place?

Impossible. The old, one piece design was far superior.

Anyway, too late now, but I noticed that all the bolts loosened up quite a bit after just 700-800 miles. I retorqued everything in an effort to stop the oil leak, and the lower intake manifold bolts moved a good 1/2-3/4 turn each. The fuel manifold bolts (I also changed that gasket) were even looser, moving 1-1.5 full turns. Could it have been fuel, mixed with oil as it dripped down the engine?

 

[lobo411]

I just replaced mine with the fel pro and had no problems.

Check the torque on your lower intake bolts!

 

[blueka]

it could be... I have no clue... but, it's gone...

Si

 

[colintrax]

Check the torque on your lower intake bolts!

Thanks but I've put about 3,000 miles on it if I get a vacuum leak I'll be sure to check though

 

[lobo411]

Thanks but I've put about 3,000 miles on it if I get a vacuum leak I'll be sure to check though

Mine wasn't a vac leak. Actually, the engine ran great. It was just that the POS design on the new gaskets led to the engine spitting out a quart of oil through the firewall side. If you suddenly have a massive oil leak, you'll know who to thank--Fel Pro!