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Sealer or no sealer? by ShaneOC91
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84 2.5 duke.
Im replacing the intake manifold gasket this week cause its leaking at the water port.
The gasket kit was vague about whether or not to use sealer on it. Its a Felpro kit.
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Unless its the awesome and expensive blue one with the built in sealant, I use a thin skin of permatex high temp, black or copper on both sides of most gaskets.
Some people are dead set against that seemingly for reasons of what certain mechanics have done years ago, but I've never had a leak, multiple engines, water, oil, even the copper on some exhaust flange/header gaskets. Just not head gaskets.
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Do Not use sealer on intake casket.
Sealers can cause More problems... RTV Silicon will cause More problems here.

FEL-PRO MS90563? is made w/ a groove between coolant and #4 and sealers can defeat that groove.
If you really want this... Paint High Tack or Super 300 only a bit around coolant port.

Head intake bolts needs correct Torque because head and intake moves as engine gets hot and cools down. Too loose and the bolts will back out over time. Too tight and small bolts or intake can break. Need Clean Dry treads to get proper torque.

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Like Ogre said, that gasket is meant to be installed dry. Make sure all mating surfaces are clean and dry. And torque to spec, using the tightening sequence in the manual.
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Originally posted by 2.5:
Unless its the awesome and expensive blue one with the built in sealant, I use a thin skin of permatex high temp, black or copper on both sides of most gaskets.
Some people are dead set against that seemingly for reasons of what certain mechanics have done years ago, but I've never had a leak, multiple engines, water, oil, even the copper on some exhaust flange/header gaskets. Just not head gaskets.
You might get away w/ that on many other seals and gaskets but can and often will fail and soon for this one.

GM and the rest of intake gasket for duke are mostly thin "rubber" over metal and hate all sealers. The "rubber" won't do its job w/ sealers or oil and other crap on the mating faces.
FP # above doesn't want it either.
Most use way to much sealers or worse sealers that poison the O2 sensor(s) etc.

If, more like when, this have problems then will have #4 cyl sucking coolant, exhaust leak for EGR, or any/all cyl's air as vac leak.
Some versions can leak oil as well because 1 or more small bolts enter oil galleries.
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