Taking Intake Off
Staging Lane
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 91
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From: Rochester, NY
Originally Posted by ZEN357
Now is the time to swap out the intake with an aluminum one if you have the money.
OP, also double check that you have the right injectors plugged into the correct spot on the harness. You probably do, but worth a second look under the easy things first category.
It's possible that water got onto the opti with everything that you've been going through.
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On The Tree
Joined: Dec 2010
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OP
After you clean all the surfaces and get any debris out of the engine galley and pour/drain the oil part wipe all mating surfaces a few times with Acetone
Use Permatex Black "ultra" RTV on front & rear china walls, 3/8" bead, running up about 3/4" onto the heads/gasket
You need to drop the intake on "dead nuts" onto the engine so you don't push off the RTV.
One trick to making the intake placement easy is use a 3" long piece of wood dowel or a bolt the size of intake bolt but 2" longer with the head cut off. Use in front & rear bolt hole on one side of motor only as "guides" to drop the intake on. You can "rehearse" this before putting RTV on to confirm you have no wire looms or anything in the way first. Remove guide dowel/bolts and TQ to spec in the correct sequence (basically working center out criss cross) the intake bolts. Let motor sit overnight so RTV can cure before starting
After you clean all the surfaces and get any debris out of the engine galley and pour/drain the oil part wipe all mating surfaces a few times with Acetone
Use Permatex Black "ultra" RTV on front & rear china walls, 3/8" bead, running up about 3/4" onto the heads/gasket
You need to drop the intake on "dead nuts" onto the engine so you don't push off the RTV.
One trick to making the intake placement easy is use a 3" long piece of wood dowel or a bolt the size of intake bolt but 2" longer with the head cut off. Use in front & rear bolt hole on one side of motor only as "guides" to drop the intake on. You can "rehearse" this before putting RTV on to confirm you have no wire looms or anything in the way first. Remove guide dowel/bolts and TQ to spec in the correct sequence (basically working center out criss cross) the intake bolts. Let motor sit overnight so RTV can cure before starting
