Intake leak

[jtmarten]

What year Welly? I'm picking up an '86 26' Nova II with twin 350's, so I'm really hoping fuel prices don't go too high. From what I'm told it should get about the same fuel economy as my 23' daycruiser with 454/berkley jet, which I only took out 2x last year because of gas prices.

[jtmarten]

Dannnnggggg. An extra $129 to do the coolant flush at the same time.
Hope it'll be worth doing it.

[jtmarten]

Intake gaskets, oil change and coolant flush are done. They also did the valve cover gaskets, and left front axle seal. $985 total.
The tech did a horrible job with the sealant. My 14yr old could have done a better job. Frickin' sealant all over the front of the block under the intake, even found a few blobs on the rad support. No leaks though. Now I just have to clean it up so it looks decent again.

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by jtmarten

Intake gaskets, oil change and coolant flush are done. They also did the valve cover gaskets, and left front axle seal. $985 total.
The tech did a horrible job with the sealant. My 14yr old could have done a better job. Frickin' sealant all over the front of the block under the intake, even found a few blobs on the rad support. No leaks though. Now I just have to clean it up so it looks decent again.

hopefully internally this is not the case ...I once found a blob of sealant locking the rad. coolant tubes....also it got a piece in the thermostat...sticking open ...

the sealant is supposed to set up then parts are to be torqued../installed