coolant puddling on intake

[tblake]

Sounds good on the truck. Carbon just gets built up over time. You can try running some seafoam through a vacuum hose on the intake. Or if you ware worried about it running rich, you could have a mechanic with an OBD1 capable snanner hook it up and watch the data stream for the O2 sensor. Or maybe just replace the sensor. They get "lazy" over time and dont switch back and forth from rich to lean quick enough.

How were your gaskets when they came out? Did you find the bad spot? Was it like mine with them stupid little slits? What brand did you install? Fel-Pro's?

[spunbearings]

well i didn't really notice a bad spot per say. the old gaskets seemed like the felty part was saturated with coolant when i took them out, just seemed wet and sloppy lol. three things stuck out in my head whe i took everything apart.1 some of the intake bolts didn't seen torqued down, 2 when i lifted the intake off the gaskets came off with it and seemed there was no , very little or failed atv on the block side of the gaskets and 3 there was carbon deposits around the ports on the block where leaking oil from valve cover gaskets got down in between. I'm thinking that the coolant was pushing out of the intake bolt hole where it seemed not tight and the atv around the hole in the gasket failed. I was eager to fix it i flew down to texas to visit inlaws for holidays( i live PA), i bought the parts down there and flew them back with me. I got the regular fel-pro set.

[spunbearings]

I found it quite amusing also, i wanted to get a new fan belt in texas but my truck does not have A/C. when i asked for one they would have to order it for me cause they only stock belts for cars with A/C. I guess it gets hot down there lol.

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by spunbearings

well i didn't really notice a bad spot per say. the old gaskets seemed like the felty part was saturated with coolant when i took them out, just seemed wet and sloppy lol. three things stuck out in my head whe i took everything apart.1 some of the intake bolts didn't seen torqued down, 2 when i lifted the intake off the gaskets came off with it and seemed there was no , very little or failed atv on the block side of the gaskets and 3 there was carbon deposits around the ports on the block where leaking oil from valve cover gaskets got down in between. I'm thinking that the coolant was pushing out of the intake bolt hole where it seemed not tight and the atv around the hole in the gasket failed. I was eager to fix it i flew down to texas to visit inlaws for holidays( i live PA), i bought the parts down there and flew them back with me. I got the regular fel-pro set.

when the metal expands and contracts the gaskets over time especially if you make many short trips will wear out the gasket with the metal movement ..then the torque on the fasteners is less since the gasket is thinner...

the K car head gaskets had these problems.