I can't remember ever seeing that and I can't remember all the times I've changed intakes.
Sweating intake manifold gasket.
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yellow rose
Overnight Sensation
Yep. Maybe clean it up and make sure it’s not leaking somewhere else and getting blown there by the DS or something.
If the intake is leaking there, it might leak from the ports into the valley as well. It just needs to be pulled and re-inspected carefully.
Ben A...
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Its particularly strange that its at all four corners of the manifold.
MOPAROFFICIAL
Oogliboogli
Stop leak .
Joking.
Not enough sealer, and was it re torqued..?
Start over.
Rtv bother sides of gaskets at coolant cross over passages, smooth with finger, get some in the corners where head and china walls merge and then a nice tall bead across china walls to the other side/head. You shouldn't need any rtv on or around the intake ports except if you're blocking the heat riser passages..then a lil rtv helps hold the plates in place. If you decide to anyway.. try permatack in the can. Rtv at the ports not only will squish into the port windows...if the angle of the mating surfaces is that far off.. it needs machining and not a bandaid.
This isn't like doing baseboard or drywall where you can you shoot some **** into the gaps and call it good.
If you have a head on the bench and take and smoosh some clay boogers/lumps into the window path from the radius...the numbers are affected negatively. Just a fwiw random bit of info. I found that the alignment of the common wall/floor to intake manifold is pretty sensitive to flow obstructions.
But it's not life or death and I'd say its worth x amount...but it varies and depends upon the characteristics of a particlar port size/shape.
Joking.
Not enough sealer, and was it re torqued..?
Start over.
Rtv bother sides of gaskets at coolant cross over passages, smooth with finger, get some in the corners where head and china walls merge and then a nice tall bead across china walls to the other side/head. You shouldn't need any rtv on or around the intake ports except if you're blocking the heat riser passages..then a lil rtv helps hold the plates in place. If you decide to anyway.. try permatack in the can. Rtv at the ports not only will squish into the port windows...if the angle of the mating surfaces is that far off.. it needs machining and not a bandaid.
This isn't like doing baseboard or drywall where you can you shoot some **** into the gaps and call it good.
If you have a head on the bench and take and smoosh some clay boogers/lumps into the window path from the radius...the numbers are affected negatively. Just a fwiw random bit of info. I found that the alignment of the common wall/floor to intake manifold is pretty sensitive to flow obstructions.
But it's not life or death and I'd say its worth x amount...but it varies and depends upon the characteristics of a particlar port size/shape.
512Stroker
We are all here because we are not all there.
Make dam sure that its not coming from somewhere else and being blown around by the cooling fan.
I would get my hands on a cooling system pressure tester and verify the location of the leak before you jerk it apart.
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Kendog 170
Let the boy go !
I had a t-stat housing with a pinhole size leak looked like that. As said fan was blowing it back.
Yeah, as mentioned it needs to be fixed before you take a test drive. As the system builds pressure the minor leak will become a major leak & you'll have coolant sprayed all over the engine bay.
66 Valiant wagon
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Things like this definitely suck but it's better to just remove it and make sure it's sealing correctly. No need ruining your new build over a few hours work and new gaskets.
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