**Is this normal?? 318 intake residue**

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Rob38e said:
Had no issues with alignment and fitment, Hopefully I can find one between .040 -.050
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It's possible the reason it's leaking is because of how thin the metal gasket is, and the the Felpro's will take up a little more space giving you a better seal.
Looks like a bit of exhaust gas reversion is going on there from the color of the residue.
 
Rob38e said:
No straight black gasket maker,what do you mean by "pull the pins"?
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There are 2 pins, 1 front and 1 back(see the holes) that can interfere with the intake setting down all the way. It looks like your intake has the holes but if they didnt "line up" perfect the intake could be floating.


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TrailBeast said:
It's possible the reason it's leaking is because of how thin the metal gasket is, and the the Felpro's will take up a little more space giving you a better seal.
Looks like a bit of exhaust gas reversion is going on there from the color of the residue.
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Yeah looks like ill have no choice but to swap it out on the weekend. Do you if driving local have any affect, untill I get it replaced?
 
69FBCuda said:
There are 2 pins, 1 front and 1 back(see the holes) that can interfere with the intake setting down all the way. It looks like your intake has the holes but if they didnt "line up" perfect the intake could be floating.
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The 2176 doesn't have the holes for the pins, so if his pins were still in there it would be huge gaps.


Rob38e said:
Yeah looks like ill have no choice but to swap it out on the weekend. Do you if driving local have any affect, untill I get it replaced?
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It won't run as good as it could, and may discolor your aluminum more.
It may also make those cylinders run lean because of the leak.
As tempting as it would be, I wouldn't run it like that.

BTW, I ran the metal gaskets with a 2176 and iron heads for 3-4 years with zero issue's but that doesn't mean it will work like that on every other motor.
It looks like you need the forgiveness of the thicker composite gaskets (Felpro's)

I may be saying this for nothing, but sealing the intake bolt threads is a really good idea to keep engine oil from coming up around the bolts and getting all over your intake.
AND oil can get between the intake gaskets and intake also coming up on your intake.
It's a bit of a pain to clean up, but sealing between the bolt heads and intake makes a big difference.
A sharp pointed tool and a small wire toothbrush type brush works great to get the extra off around the bolt heads/washers after the RTV has set up.
 
TrailBeast said:
The 2176 doesn't have the holes for the pins, so if his pins were still in there it would be huge gaps.
I appreciate your insight and will definitely apply those methods.



It won't run as good as it could, and may discolor your aluminum more.
It may also make those cylinders run lean because of the leak.
As tempting as it would be, I wouldn't run it like that.

BTW, I ran the metal gaskets with a 2176 and iron heads for 3-4 years with zero issue's but that doesn't mean it will work like that on every other motor.
It looks like you need the forgiveness of the thicker composite gaskets (Felpro's)

I may be saying this for nothing, but sealing the intake bolt threads is a really good idea to keep engine oil from coming up around the bolts and getting all over your intake.
AND oil can get between the intake gaskets and intake also coming up on your intake.
It's a bit of a pain to clean up, but sealing between the bolt heads and intake makes a big difference.
A sharp pointed tool and a small wire toothbrush type brush works great to get the extra off around the bolt heads/washers after the RTV has set up.
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no shroud, flexfan,and looks like underdrive on the WP, is a recipe for overheating. All you need to make it official is a 262*or bigger cam and retarded timing. So watch your Temp gauge like a hawk.
 
I actually cracked a new Edelbrock performer when I was 16 years old.
I did not remove the pins and cracked the intake.
Stupid rookie mistake, but I was young, and too smart not to read the directions on my first intake change.
 
Tomorrow will be a week. I could have fixed it like 40 times by now. Chop chop Hopsing.
 
metal gaskets don't compress except for the metal "bead" so thickness is more critical. Composition gaskets compress (and seal). Those FelPros are made for your engine, should work perfectly, but getting the bolts started with uncompressed gaskets can be time consuming some times...
 
str12-340 said:
metal gaskets don't compress except for the metal "bead" so thickness is more critical. Composition gaskets compress (and seal). Those FelPros are made for your engine, should work perfectly, but getting the bolts started with uncompressed gaskets can be time consuming some times...
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Yeah rookie mistake, either way I bought the 1213 felpro gasket. Thanks for the insight.
 
Seal the intake bolts with the liquid teflon PTFE sealer. It's the **** for those.

It's all I use on intake bolts and it will not leak.

Looks like the heat cross over is leaking to me.
 
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