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Old 04-14-2006, 10:35 PM
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I Broke Off One Of My Bolts To Seal Down My Fast Intake It Is A Middle Bolt On The Passnger Side .. What Are The Chances That I Will Have A Intake Leak

I Figure Id Just Snug Up The 2 On Each Side Of The Bolt Down And Pray That It Would Provide Enough Force To Seal Being You Dont Need Much To Seal The Thing Anayways

But Im Not Too Sure It This Will Work
Old 04-14-2006, 11:06 PM
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mite not leak to start with but probably will later on,iprobably would tear it apart and fix it rite
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How do you break a bolt on a plastic intake? What are you torqueing them to?
Old 04-15-2006, 11:10 AM
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I Fucked Up And Tried To Tq It To 30 Ft Lbs Instead Of 30 Inch Lbs .. I Was In A Hurry And Just Read 30 So I Assumed 30 Ft Lbs
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Dammit I Cant Stand The Wait
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I broke off one of my intake bolts into my lower aluminum intake.. it didnt leak initially...we'll see
I dont really know how to get it out
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If It Dont Leak Intially Why Would It Start Up Later?
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U Can Use A Ez Out Im Just Lazy And Dont Feel Like Pullijn Evrything Apart To Do It
Old 04-15-2006, 05:28 PM
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do it right. dont skimp out on something important like your intake. If it starts to leak down the road your going to have tunning problems.

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if it starts to leak down the road ill fix it but i would think it would be fine with the other 10 bolts holding it down

really whats the worst that can happen if it does start to leak?
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The worst thing is the car not running right and you not being able to figure out why. Dont be lazy about it and fix it right.
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The worst thing that could happen is you go really lean on one or two cylinders only and take out a piston.
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o thats it
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well i got modivated and fixed it today .. i went back to the stock bolts that came with my ls6 manifold.. they seem to be a much better bolt and are easier to install

thanks everyone for scaring me into doing it right i feel alot better that i just went ahead and fixed the problem before it became an issue
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Youll start out with a whistleing noise under accel. Thats what mine did anyway.
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fix it right, pull the intake off and make it right.
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u all are a little late to the party its already been fixed but thanks




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