Lower intake gasket prep...

[5.02GO]

Just wondered if anyone did this.....

Its basically a religion where i live. We either put a light coat of vaseline or silicone on the lower intake gaskets to help the lower intake slide into place and not get wedged.

I have never tried this without putting anything on the gaskets. I'm not sure if it even makes a difference.

What do you all do?

Thanks

 

[RacEoHolic330]

i just put a dab of RTV on each end of the gasket where they meet the heads to keep them in place. That has worked fine for me in the past.

 

[legalize420]

i did the swap this past weekend and did the same thing.

 

[5.02GO]

Yeah, i always put silicone on the side that makes contact with heads. I also put it on the side that the lower intake sits on.

 

[legalize420]

Yeah, i always put silicone on the side that makes contact with heads. I also put it on the side that the lower intake sits on.

just put a tiny bit on the edge ( where the bolts go through ) on the head side to hold it in place. i think the rest is supposed to be dry.

 

[5.02GO]

I have developed a coolant leak around #1 cylinder. That section of gasket looks like crap. I am wondering if silicone helps cause premature aging on those gaskets.

When i get some gaskets, i am not going to put anything on the intake side of them. I am just gonna put a dab of silicone on the heads just to hold the gasket to them.

 

[RYC CUKR]

usually i put a little black rtv around the coolant passages just to make sure I don't get any coolant leaks into the motor. other than that it goes on dry. The rtv around the coolant passages helps keep it in place when setting the intake on. Other have cut the heads off of some long bolts that are the same size, thread and pitch as the intake bolts and used them as dowels.