ok the gasket that goes inbetween the upper an lower intake manifolds is stuck on the lower intake manifold. I am wondering if anybody knows any tricks to getting it off. i got a little off by scraping it with a knife but at this pace it will probaly take about two days to get it off!?. does anybody know of a faster way????

 

Autozone or someone sells gasket remover that I think you spray on.

 

how long do you think it will take

 

i always use a freshy sharpened putty knife/scraper... never fails me! try spraying some wd-40 on it and let it sit for a few minutes... then scrape away... should take 10 minutes at most... but just make sure if its still on the motor, to cover the ports so no gasket material gets into the block

 

ok well its sitin on the ground next to the car just got the new gaskets in from mazda trix so i'm changin the upper an lower gaskets. but thanks for the advice i'll get back to work on it now an if i have any more problems i'll let yall know

 

ok a got the car back together an started it up an it started idling at around 2000rpms which is better than 4500 but still not fixed so i retightened all the bolts but now the car wont start anybody have a clue why it would be doing this