Should I use gasket sealer on the base intake manifold gasket?
12-25-01, 12:23 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 487
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Should I use gasket sealer on the base intake manifold gasket?
Im about to put it in, and I dont know if I should put in it dry or throw some permatex on it.
12-25-01, 02:19 PM
#2
Full Member
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: spartanburg, south carolina
Posts: 206
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i dunno, my manifolds had a super thin layer of sealant on them. when i put them back on, i didnt reseal them, just put a new gasket on. is this bad?
12-25-01, 06:53 PM
#4
Lives on the Forum
Personally, I try to coat all my Mazda OEM "paper" gaskets with a thin coat of RTV.  This makes taking them off a whole lot easier!  This thin coats of RTV also help for a better seal.  Watch out for the lower intake manifold gasket to engine, as these have tiny holes for the air bleed valves into the primary fuel injectors - use too much RTV and it plugs them up!
-Ted
-Ted
12-26-01, 07:45 AM
#5
Rotary Freak
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
Posts: 2,340
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I've never used a new gasket when doing a R&R on the intake, just from lack of having the parts pon hand. I usually leave the old gasket on whichever half of the intake it's stuck to (which it always is, in my experience), and put either some gasket sealer (Permatex #2), or rtv gasket maker (Permatex Import Grey, forgot part #) on top of the gasket.
I have had the gasket partially seperate from both manifold surfaces once. I just put some rtv on both sides of the gasket. Never had any leak problems.
Ren
I have had the gasket partially seperate from both manifold surfaces once. I just put some rtv on both sides of the gasket. Never had any leak problems.
Ren
12-26-01, 08:38 AM
#6
HAILERS
Join Date: May 2001
Location: FORT WORTH, TEXAS,USA
Posts: 20,563
Likes: 0
Received 21 Likes
on
19 Posts
Sorry, I have a problem comprehending the written word. What is the base intake manifold gasket. Are you possibly referring to the metal one that goes against the *block*. None there for sure. And when I said none in the first post, I mean none but a smear of vaseline as a release agent on the part that will be bolted to the assy. That way when you take it apart later in life, the gasket will remain with the other part and the bolted on part will make a clean seperation. Curious about *base intake manifold gasket*.
12-27-01, 12:48 PM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: louisville, KY
Posts: 611
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by HAILERS
Sorry, I have a problem comprehending the written word. What is the base intake manifold gasket. Are you possibly referring to the metal one that goes against the *block*. None there for sure. And when I said none in the first post, I mean none but a smear of vaseline as a release agent on the part that will be bolted to the assy. That way when you take it apart later in life, the gasket will remain with the other part and the bolted on part will make a clean seperation. Curious about *base intake manifold gasket*.
Sorry, I have a problem comprehending the written word. What is the base intake manifold gasket. Are you possibly referring to the metal one that goes against the *block*. None there for sure. And when I said none in the first post, I mean none but a smear of vaseline as a release agent on the part that will be bolted to the assy. That way when you take it apart later in life, the gasket will remain with the other part and the bolted on part will make a clean seperation. Curious about *base intake manifold gasket*.
-Tesla
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
trickster
2nd Generation Specific (1986-1992)
25
07-01-23 04:40 PM
