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Intake manifold gasket? #583530 03/22/05 05:23 AM
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steven c Offline OP
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hopefully this week i will be replacing the head in my brother's '92 amigo. The question i have is the intake manifold gasket i have is made from a paper type material. When i was at the parts store today i was looking at a Fel-Pro intake gasket and it looked like it had a metal core type construction. Why the difference in the two gaskets? What is the stock isuzu gasket made from?

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Steven C

Re: Intake manifold gasket? [Re: steven c] #583531 03/22/05 04:00 PM
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Where did you get the one you have, and when? I heard Isuzu changed their design to include a metal reinforcement after all the gaskets started going bad. I would be tempted to go with a metal core one.

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Re: Intake manifold gasket? [Re: BigSwede] #583532 03/22/05 04:44 PM
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steven c Offline OP
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The paper gasket i got probably several years ago, the metal core type gasket i saw at the parts store yesterday.

Re: Intake manifold gasket? [Re: steven c] #583533 03/22/05 05:05 PM
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Ah, well then I definitely would go with the metal reinforced version, unless you like replacing gaskets. My Troopers IMG went out twice in 3 years.


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Re: Intake manifold gasket? [Re: steven c] #583534 03/22/05 05:05 PM
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Hmmm... paper from memory, but metal reinforcement wouldn't be a bad thing. They are pretty thin and tearing is not uncommon.


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