Coolant leak after LS6 intake install
Coolant leak after LS6 intake install Hey guys,
I swapped my intake this weekend and tried to block off those coolant crossover pipes behind the intake. This is the second time the car has been started since the swap and the second time it has pissed coolant. I'm pretty sure it's from my half assed plug job (RTV sealant in the plugs), but I just want to know if there are any other coolant related leakables back there that I may have unknowingly messed up?
Thanks, Nick
ps- I'm really tired of taking this intake off and putting it on the car. ****.
I swapped my intake this weekend and tried to block off those coolant crossover pipes behind the intake. This is the second time the car has been started since the swap and the second time it has pissed coolant. I'm pretty sure it's from my half assed plug job (RTV sealant in the plugs), but I just want to know if there are any other coolant related leakables back there that I may have unknowingly messed up?
Thanks, Nick
ps- I'm really tired of taking this intake off and putting it on the car. ****.
Yeah, those blockoffs and front crossover pipe are mandatory. I once lust a gasket and tried to use rtv and it pissed all over too. Replaced the little gasket and it was fine.
thanks guys, I guess that's what I get for being a cheap ***.
for the record, I hacked off the pipes from the peices that get bolted down, filled them with solder and RTV'd the ends that go into the motor. The solder melted the seal between the pipe and the fitting and it leaks. Let this be a lesson to those attemting this install to buy the block offs or the front crossover pipe from an '02/'01 car to use on the back.
for the record, I hacked off the pipes from the peices that get bolted down, filled them with solder and RTV'd the ends that go into the motor. The solder melted the seal between the pipe and the fitting and it leaks. Let this be a lesson to those attemting this install to buy the block offs or the front crossover pipe from an '02/'01 car to use on the back.
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Originally Posted by VORTECFCAR
thanks guys, I guess that's what I get for being a cheap ***.
for the record, I hacked off the pipes from the peices that get bolted down, filled them with solder and RTV'd the ends that go into the motor. The solder melted the seal between the pipe and the fitting and it leaks. Let this be a lesson to those attemting this install to buy the block offs or the front crossover pipe from an '02/'01 car to use on the back.
for the record, I hacked off the pipes from the peices that get bolted down, filled them with solder and RTV'd the ends that go into the motor. The solder melted the seal between the pipe and the fitting and it leaks. Let this be a lesson to those attemting this install to buy the block offs or the front crossover pipe from an '02/'01 car to use on the back.
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