FurryWrecker911
SCCoA Member
In the quest to replace my motor mounts (That I told myself I wouldn't start until April but here we are. lol) I noticed my brand new water pump had what looked to be oil baked onto it. Taking the cell phone and jamming it underneath the thermostat revealed that the intake manifold is leaking all over the place. I'm now stuck here trying to figure out what I could have done wrong.
The Fel-Pro instructions said to lay the blue gaskets down along the engine block with the U-shape downward, then put a dot of the pre-packaged black gasket former along each of the 4 corners which will spread out when compressed. I did torque everything, and yes I did the star pattern, and yes I checked twice.
I don't know if it makes any difference, but the intake manifold bolts needed the breaker/cheater bar treatment and an impact wrench to take out when I had it all apart 2 years ago. I had read that they are reusable, but I'm vaguely curious on if anyone else has had the same amount of fuss taking them off.
Any ideas on how I botched this up? Better yet, any ideas on what to check when I get the supercharger and fuel rails back off of it again?
The Fel-Pro instructions said to lay the blue gaskets down along the engine block with the U-shape downward, then put a dot of the pre-packaged black gasket former along each of the 4 corners which will spread out when compressed. I did torque everything, and yes I did the star pattern, and yes I checked twice.
I don't know if it makes any difference, but the intake manifold bolts needed the breaker/cheater bar treatment and an impact wrench to take out when I had it all apart 2 years ago. I had read that they are reusable, but I'm vaguely curious on if anyone else has had the same amount of fuss taking them off.
Any ideas on how I botched this up? Better yet, any ideas on what to check when I get the supercharger and fuel rails back off of it again?