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This is what a fresh intake from the factory looked like via 95'.

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After some years the gasket has flattend out. Often when the weather
turned cold a gasket like this would contract and leak some coolant.
Usually to the outside.

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With the large diameter EGR tube (95'-98') the plastic would melt and
a passage would open up allowing coolant to squeeze pass the gasket and
past the EGR and into the air intake chamber. The EGR was later corrected
in 99' to prevent "this" type of failure.

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Cracked coolant passages. This happens or will happen with all intakes
using the old style gasket. Often people will try to replace the flattened
out gasket with a new one and the pressures caused by the new gasket
over comes the old intake.

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THE FIX! My fix involves grinding out the passages, cutting parts of the
gasket and installing a U shaped stainless tube. 

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After the stainless tube is fitted, JB weld is applied to seal it and force
coolant to pass through the tube. The intake should be stood up to allow JB
weld to drip downwards. The Ends of the tube should be kept clear of JB weld
so that they dont become clogged! Start this early in the day and as the JB
weld cures later in the day remove the excess. (soft wax can be pressed into
the ends of the tube to prevent JB weld from entering them. Then remove the
wax later with a pick.) Once cured, pressure test the intake cooling passage
with air.


