Thanks Paul, I will certainly do that.Merry Christmas! Mike Moore 300H On Dec 23, 2015, at 8:30 PM, paul <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: On 12/23/15 18:38, Michael Moore mmoore8425@xxxxxxx [Chrysler300] wrote: > Several weeks ago I discovered I had a massive leak between my intake > manifold and each heads, pretty much halfway back on each side. > I discussed this with Jeff Carter several weeks ago, and he thought > if the sealing ribs embossed in the valley gasket weren’t flattened I > might need to use a paper gasket. > He is currently unavailable. I have removed the old valley metal > gasket and all surfaces are flattened as I might expect. I noticed > the two center bolts on each side were not as tight as the rest. Not > “loose”, just not as tight. My current plan is to clean heads and > valley in car to be spotless and use a tiny bead of red hi temp rtv > on the engine, all around with a tiny circle around each intake. I’ll > install that, install the sheet metal clips front and rear along with > the insulation bags and tighten those down. I will then put circles > (like o rings) of rtv around each intake port opening, install and > torque down to 40 ft-lbs the intake manifold. Am I missing anything? > (I really only want to do this once!) > Thanks, Mike Moore 300H Its quite possible that after a heat cycle, run the engine and then let it totally cool down, you might want to re-torque the intake bolts??? Gently!!! :-) -- -- Paul Holmgren The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive. Robert A. Heinlein ------------------------------------ Posted by: Michael Moore <mmoore8425@xxxxxxx> ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/all/manage/edit For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/