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Re: INTAKE GASKET MAIN PAGE, PLEASE POST Q'S&A'S HERE!
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Re: Intake Gasket
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Keep an eye on your coolant levels as well as your oil cap. I haven't heard of any catastropic failures where the gasket failed all at once. There is usually symptoms that slowly start to appear early on and if caught early, doesn't cause damage.
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I have a 2000 venture. during a regular visit to the garage, the guy told me that the intake manifold gasket needed to be replaced and quote for over a thousand dollars. There's no sign of any trouble of the vehicle. I ignored it. Recently I found that the coolant level was low and the warning light came on. I top it up and need a lot of coolant. It seems that they are leaking into the engine. Should I replace the gasket now or can wait a bit longer. What other troubles will you get later?
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intake gasket
I,m a newbie to this site but like most in here i have the dreaded leaking intake gasket on my 1999 venture (83,000m). i have bought a haynes man. and am getting ready to tackle this beast. Is there anything i should know that is not in the man.(u cant always believe what u read) don,t want any hidden surprises!
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date of new gasket
ok i've looked and looked on this forum but haven't found a definate answer to this: what is the month/year that the new gaskets began to be used? my 02 venture, 53k was built 5/02.
this post ( http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=495805 )suggessts the new gaskets began to be installed in 7/02, but it's not certain or definate. so when exactly was it? sometimes i can smell coolant/antifreeze after turning off the venture in the garage and the reservoir level seems to have moved slightly down but i don't have the brown or milky substance on the oil cap. i asked this question previously...is it inevitable??? |
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Re: INTAKE GASKET MAIN PAGE, PLEASE POST Q'S&A'S HERE!
No it's not inevitable. Some vehicles have it. Some vehicles don't. A little movement of the level up or down is normal.
If you are really paranoid about it, taking a sample to be looked at is the only sure way to tell you if you have an internal leak.
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Re: INTAKE GASKET MAIN PAGE, PLEASE POST Q'S&A'S HERE!
Can high oil consumption be caused by a bad intake manifold gasket in a 2000 venture? High oil consumption started 6 months ago and now I am loosing a lot of coolant. I worked at a Ford dealership in the 60s and the small v/8 could really suck a lot of oil through a bad intake gasket. I have replaced many of them, but I am to old to tackle this project.
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Re: INTAKE GASKET MAIN PAGE, PLEASE POST Q'S&A'S HERE!
Not likely. The location of the intake gaskets really doesn't get a lot of oil splashed around it. It's a fairly "high and dry" type place; it's not submerged in a constant stream of oil.
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Re: INTAKE GASKET MAIN PAGE, PLEASE POST Q'S&A'S HERE!
Thanks cdru. That is the info. I was looking for. Now I have two problems instead of one. I was hoping to solve both at one time with intake gasket replacement. This auto forum is great. Thanks again.
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Re: INTAKE GASKET MAIN PAGE, PLEASE POST Q'S&A'S HERE!
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Re: INTAKE GASKET MAIN PAGE, PLEASE POST Q'S&A'S HERE!
I am in the process of doing this repair now (I'm talking about it over at the Pontiac Montana forum) and I just wanted to repeat to everyone a resource that was mentioned earlier in this thread. Someone did a pretty complete job of explaining this repair. This link, along with a Haynes Manual, has made me (my most complex repair in the past was brakes) pretty confident that I can handle this. Here's the link:
http://aklr.free.fr/envrac/Intake_Ma...ket_How_To.doc |
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