</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by joer4x4:
<strong>I had bought a new gasket when I did my plugs. When I took the intake apart the thing was in perfect condition. So I saved the new one for the next time and re-used the old one with no problems to date. It's a paper type with both sides finished. Go figure <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Don't bet the farm on this. You got lucky. I tried the same thing the first time I changed the plugs and Mr Murphy struck. As soon as I tried to separate the intake pipe from the manifold the gasket started to split. I was able to button everything back up and didn't wind up with an air leak. So had to make a trip to the dealer for the steel gasket and take everything apart again. And yes, the original paper gasket broke into two pieces when I pulled it apart.