My 99 GT...aka Bumbles, showed some coolant coming from the thermostat housing area. I followed RedDaemon's wonderful procedure (btw...Thanks, awesome write-up ). Turned out to be the gasket cracked/broke at the coolant passage. Since, I had it all apart and I figured I was on borrowed time anyway at 11 yrs and 110k miles, I went ahead and got the FRPP intake. I also went ahead and changed all the injector orings and pintle caps as one cap was cracked. Took me the whole weekend (took my time as I didn't want to mess anything up) but saved a bunch, learned alot. Got it all buttoned up and "Bumbles" is back to life.
dont torque the bolts on the plastic intakes more than 18ftlb and there is a sequence of torqueing thoes nine bolts, be carefull or u will be buying a new intake
Took the car out for the first time today. Been working a little bit at a time over the past week, as school and work leave no time for anything. Snapped an intake bolt off in the head, had to pull it all back off and extract the bolt (thankfully it was just above the head surface), and buttoned it all back up.
I forgot how fun the car was to drive. Before this all happened, it just felt old, loose, and slow to me. But I made sure I ran it in "right", did some nice cornering, WOT on motor and spray... ohhhh, the spray... how I forgot about that feeling. Basically, it's like driving the car for the first time!
Next up when I get time is upping the jets. Going to do some plug reading on the 100 shot (plugs looked GREAT when I took them out) and if all is well, try the 125...
My 99 GT...aka Bumbles, showed some coolant coming from the thermostat housing area. I followed RedDaemon's wonderful procedure (btw...Thanks, awesome write-up ).
dont torque the bolts on the plastic intakes more than 18ftlb and there is a sequence of torqueing thoes nine bolts, be carefull or u will be buying a new intake
My 2000 GT just started leaking...just noticed it, has 135K on it. The leak is just below the therm cap, is there an epoxy that will seal the crack?First of all, congrats on the purchase.
The years affected by the cracking intake are from 1996-mid 2001.
If your car hasn't had it replaced, it'll be hit or miss. Mine lasted until 147,000 miles then it split.
To tell if you have the crack-proned one, pop the hood and find the alternator (it's at the top of the serpentine-belt drive. Now look directly behind that, and the very front-most runner on the intake manifold will be the coolant crossover. If it's black plastic, like the rest of the intake, that's the factory intake that's prone to cracking. If that area is metal, not plastic, it's already been replaced.
If it hasn't been replaced, don't panic. Sometimes it starts out slow, so just keep an eye on your coolant level. If you notice it starts to drain over time, chances are you have a small leak and it's going to get worse over time. With the lower mileage, I wouldn't be too concerned with it at this point.
My 2000 GT just started leaking...just noticed it, has 135K on it. The leak is just below the therm cap, is there an epoxy that will seal the crack?
:*( This thread is not selling me on spraying the car as much as I'd like. Throws me in for a good mix of things beings I purchased a trickflow throttlebody/plenum kinda throws the edelbrock intake manifold out the window.
People have used epoxy but it doesn't seem to be a long standing repair. Too much pressure and heat to keep it from ruining the epoxy.
What's wrong with the Edelbrock intake?
Spray didn't cause my intake to originally fail.
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