Nasty antifreeze leak fixing and other good stuff.

[Fookie Bookie]

My 92 started pouring antifreeze and just got to taking the engine apart to find its shooting out from my intake gasket. The gasket is pretty beat up haha.

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[PanamaExpat]

Not too uncommon... My 94 wasn't much better when I took it apart. I was lucky it hadn't started leaking yet.

 

[Andy D]

Oh freaking swell. Another dirty little secret about the 4.0 How can I prevent this from happening to the Rat? What is the time and price for parts for this? I know, price is prolly not too bad. Time depends upon too many variables to worry about.

 

[PanamaExpat]

I think the gasket was about $35 from AutoZone... Since I was redoing my rockers and push rods time wasn't a factor.

 

[Fookie Bookie]

Yeah I went to advanced autoparts I bought the kit and the valve cover gaskets as well. Getting the intake ready to put the gaskets on now

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[Fookie Bookie]

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[adsm08]

Oh freaking swell. Another dirty little secret about the 4.0 How can I prevent this from happening to the Rat? What is the time and price for parts for this? I know, price is prolly not too bad. Time depends upon too many variables to worry about.

What, gaskets can go bad is a "dirty little secret"? That is a possibility on ANY engine. It can't really be predicted either, just keep up with normal maintenance.

 

[Fookie Bookie]

Yeah I agree. I had been trying to track this leak forever until the day it decided it wanted to just spout out of the back of my engine. Last place I would of thought to check...

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[doorgunner]

So THAT'S why ya'll call it the 4-point-Ohhhhhhhhhh

 

[Fookie Bookie]

Uhmm I just call it my 92 lol

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[Andy D]

What, gaskets can go bad is a "dirty little secret"? That is a possibility on ANY engine. It can't really be predicted either, just keep up with normal maintenance.

Maybe it is possible with any engine , but I have been wrenching on all sorts of cars for 50 yrs and I have yet to have to replace an intake manifold gasket because it was leaking.

 

[adsm08]

Maybe it is possible with any engine , but I have been wrenching on all sorts of cars for 50 yrs and I have yet to have to replace an intake manifold gasket because it was leaking.

I've done them lots. Windstars, Escapes, F-series, none of those have 4.0s. I hear the Chevy 3.1 and 3.8L engines were horrible for the intake gaskets going bad.

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

I hear the Chevy 3.1 and 3.8L engines were horrible for the intake gaskets going bad.

You got that right! Don't forget the 3.4 and all 3 generations of the 3.8. I've even done a few of the new 3.5s and 3.9s.

Junk-ass GMs!

 

[Lil-Pony]

So THAT'S why ya'll call it the 4-point-Ohhhhhhhhhh

That deserved a REP