doing my lower intake gaskets 1995 3.1L

[bxd20]

About 10 hours invested and roughly half way through. Maybe I work a little slower than most but I like to "measure twice cut once". Sometimes I measure a 3rd time.

Pics below if you're curious. I'll answer any questions you have. Once I'm completely up and running I may post some tips.

And this is the reason I'm doing this:

sodium in oil

Brian
95 Cutlass Supreme convertible
3.1 with 150k miles.

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[lght1]

Hi

Please say after proper cleaning and surface prep, you are using new bolts, and Fel Pro's "Problem Solver" LIM gasket?

 

[bxd20]

GM gaskets have also been redesigned. At this moment I am not sure if I will use the Fel Pro Problem Solvers or the new GM design.

Why new bolts? They are not TTY as far as I know. As long as they are clean, I don't see how they would have been damaged in such a low torque application.