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 General_Failure
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| posted on April 29th, 2008 at 09:54 AM |
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Best type of inlet manifold gasket?
Yes, another question.
I was looking around on eBay and chanced across an auction for a 2L inlet manifold set. On its own it doesn't interest me, but the gaskets used
caught my attention.
eBay auction
I have always used separate metal crush gaskets but the ones they are supplying are a single gasket that spans both ports. I have never actually seen
them before.
I need to get new gaskets anyway, so I was wondering which type is preferable?
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| posted on April 29th, 2008 at 01:29 PM |
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If both surfaces are machined flat i'd just clean them both with acetone and use Ultra grey silicon. Only a small smere is all thats required, you
dont need it oozing into your intake ports. It handles the heat just fine and seals so well you'll have troube getting them apart in some cases.
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| posted on April 29th, 2008 at 01:42 PM |
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Good Ian, but Loctite 515 Master gasket instead of dreaded silicone, much easier clean next time without risking putting silicone into your engine
(not too much prob on intake ports, but dont start bad habits). Silicone wrecks bearings and blocks oil galleries.
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| posted on April 29th, 2008 at 07:58 PM |
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Could not agree more with Matt, good advice there.
Cheers Col
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General_Failure
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| posted on April 30th, 2008 at 08:54 AM |
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Excellent. thanks for the advice. Doing away with the nightmare gaskets entirely sounds like a great plan. I don't know how many of them I have
replaced that didn't quite seal right.
If at first you don't succeed. Build, build again.
Vehicle: 1975 Special order delivery walkthrough panel based LCA pop-top camper. Motor: Nippon 1.8L Single port Wasserboxer, Transmission: 3 rib 002.
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