Hello fellow Iboaters,
Well after I have owned my 2000 Chevrolet C3500, LS, Dually Pickup truck with 7.4 liter engine for a couple of months now I am having to replace the Lower Intake Manifold Gaskets on it since there pretty wet looking at the front side at the corners of the Intake Manifold and the biggest issue is water/coolant inside my oil when I check the oil dipstick that I discovered this past weekend. Anyway, I just picked up the intake manifold gasket Fel Pro Part No. MS 95826 and other stuff like the 6 quarts of Advance Auto parts 5W-30 oil and AC Delco oil filter and the 4 gallons of Peak full Strength antifreeze the 5 year stuff. Anyway, I tried to find the upgraded, metal, intake manifold gasket for my truck but cannot find it, is it available? My next question is what should I use to seal the four corners that the block and heads intersect when installing the intake manifold gaskets and should I place a bead of gasket sealant at the corners before I place the gaskets onto the surface of the heads and the two rubber pieces at the ends? I want to do a good job but the finer details are throwing me off somewhat. I also have did some on-line research and some people are putting the gasket maker stuff on around the water ports on a thin coat on both sides of the intake manifold gasket for added sealing protection against water/coolant leaks. Is that necessary? Another question, is there any particular order that the intake manifold gaskets go on, like, does the rubber end pieces go on first or does the plastic intake manifold gasket go on first? So to recap I guess my biggest question is, how to seal the four corners of the intake manifold gasket to the rubber end pieces? My next question is I guess the final torque, which I know is very critical to this job is a final torque of 30 foot/pounds. Is that correct? And the last question, marking the distributor before removal which is a big part of the job if you want the truck to crank up after the new gasket install. What is the best way or easiest way to mark the distributor so it is guaranteed to go in correctly once I start to put everything back together again after Intake manifold gasket install? Sorry for all the questions, I know I can do the job but some of the finer details and maybe some suggestions from the pro's on here will give me some pointers before I start this job this Friday after work. I will be working on this and getting this truck back together before Monday, 19 November 2012. So I have a date the whole weekend with my truck, LOL. Thank you for your help and suggestions any help sent my way will make my life better and hopefully the job will turn out perfect and correct.
Well after I have owned my 2000 Chevrolet C3500, LS, Dually Pickup truck with 7.4 liter engine for a couple of months now I am having to replace the Lower Intake Manifold Gaskets on it since there pretty wet looking at the front side at the corners of the Intake Manifold and the biggest issue is water/coolant inside my oil when I check the oil dipstick that I discovered this past weekend. Anyway, I just picked up the intake manifold gasket Fel Pro Part No. MS 95826 and other stuff like the 6 quarts of Advance Auto parts 5W-30 oil and AC Delco oil filter and the 4 gallons of Peak full Strength antifreeze the 5 year stuff. Anyway, I tried to find the upgraded, metal, intake manifold gasket for my truck but cannot find it, is it available? My next question is what should I use to seal the four corners that the block and heads intersect when installing the intake manifold gaskets and should I place a bead of gasket sealant at the corners before I place the gaskets onto the surface of the heads and the two rubber pieces at the ends? I want to do a good job but the finer details are throwing me off somewhat. I also have did some on-line research and some people are putting the gasket maker stuff on around the water ports on a thin coat on both sides of the intake manifold gasket for added sealing protection against water/coolant leaks. Is that necessary? Another question, is there any particular order that the intake manifold gaskets go on, like, does the rubber end pieces go on first or does the plastic intake manifold gasket go on first? So to recap I guess my biggest question is, how to seal the four corners of the intake manifold gasket to the rubber end pieces? My next question is I guess the final torque, which I know is very critical to this job is a final torque of 30 foot/pounds. Is that correct? And the last question, marking the distributor before removal which is a big part of the job if you want the truck to crank up after the new gasket install. What is the best way or easiest way to mark the distributor so it is guaranteed to go in correctly once I start to put everything back together again after Intake manifold gasket install? Sorry for all the questions, I know I can do the job but some of the finer details and maybe some suggestions from the pro's on here will give me some pointers before I start this job this Friday after work. I will be working on this and getting this truck back together before Monday, 19 November 2012. So I have a date the whole weekend with my truck, LOL. Thank you for your help and suggestions any help sent my way will make my life better and hopefully the job will turn out perfect and correct.
