|
|
 Leaky Intake Manifold
#757585
10/13/06 05:21 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 38
OP
Getting the Wheeling Fever
|
Hey Folks
Does anybody have the torque values for the intake manifold on a 90 Montero 3L. I put a new intake gasket on because the old one was leaking, but I can't get the new one to seal. Thanks for the help.
|
|
|
Re: Leaky Intake Manifold
[Re: sled207]
#757586
10/13/06 06:07 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,006
Body Damage is Cool
|
168 in-lbs
Where are you in SW Alaska? I lived in Eagle River for 5 years.
92 Montero LS 3.0L V6 Auto, Stock, Original owner, 185,800K miles
|
|
|
Re: Leaky Intake Manifold
[Re: pcc]
#757587
10/13/06 06:28 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 38
OP
Getting the Wheeling Fever
|
Thanks for the values. Hope this stops the leaks.
I live in Dillingham. Been here 7 yrs. Grew up in northern SC. What part NC are you from?
|
|
|
Re: Leaky Intake Manifold
[Re: sled207]
#757588
10/13/06 07:56 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,006
Body Damage is Cool
|
Not from here, just living here for now. Chapel Hill, that northern liberal enclave surrounded by Southern Reconstructionists. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />
92 Montero LS 3.0L V6 Auto, Stock, Original owner, 185,800K miles
|
|
 Re: Leaky Intake Manifold
[Re: pcc]
#757589
10/13/06 08:48 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 38
OP
Getting the Wheeling Fever
|
After seeing those values; I may have over torqued the intake. The new gasket helped the leak, but didn't stop it. Maybe I cracked the new gasket and will have the job to do again.
|
|
|
Re: Leaky Intake Manifold
[Re: sled207]
#757590
10/14/06 12:04 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 10,238
Web Wheeler
|
Clean the flanges well with acetone or laquer thinner. Spray 2 coats of Copper Spray-a-Gasket on the flange faces and both sides of the MLS gaskets. Reinstall and torque to spec.
Frank
'89 [color:"white"]G-Raider[color:"white"] [color:"black"]Supercharged 3.0L, MegaSquirt 2, lockup A/T, 2.5" exhaust, 172k, Cibie H4s/Oscar SCs, Hella Micro DE fogs, Cobra CB, Superwinch hubs, LSD rear/Aussie Locker front, Bilsteins, Lifeline AGM, Rust-Oleum
|
|
|
Re: Leaky Intake Manifold
[Re: FrankR]
#757591
10/14/06 03:02 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,649
Web Wheeler
|
Have the heads or block been milled? That would make the manifold sit higher in relationship to the heads, and may bind the manifold on the studs which are on the bias. If you mill either, you should mill the manifold flanges by the same amount divided by the SQRT(2), or 1.414 for a 90* motor, and by 2 for a 60* vee motor.
Not responsible for advice not taken...
|
|
|
Re: Leaky Intake Manifold
[Re: fasteddy]
#757592
10/16/06 01:42 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 2,413
Body Damage is Cool
|
Upon reassembly, progressively tighten the stud nuts in a circular pattern, much like you would head bolts.
That'll apply the pressure evenly.
87 Montero, bought new, by me -
88/89 intercooled Starion Turbo engine-
with awesome audio.
|
|
|
|
