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96 Blazer Intake Gaskets

Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Torque_Wrench
To be honest with you, I've had worse luck out of Fel-Pro gaskets than I have with GM OE gaskets. Fel-Pro seem to have a leakage problem, unless you request gaskets with compression rings in them.

Besides, Victor makes the Gaskets for GM's OE selection.
All the fel-pros I have seen have the rings in them.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 11:57 AM
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I'm gonna stick with the OEM stuff...got buzy last night and fogot to get the vin, I'll try again tonight (although it's raining now lol)
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 12:17 PM
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while you have the system drained, if it still has dex-cool in the car I would highly recommend getting some radiator flush and flushing that thing out while you have the chance. No sense in replaceing the gaskets just to have the dex-cool push them back out again.

I recommended that to a friend years ago. He was having a new engine and transmission installed in his lincoln town car. The guy putting the motor in said it wouldn't matter and topped it off with regular anti-freeze. 1 year later the car is in my back yard over heating. I bought 2 bottles of prestone flush, and ran them through, then opened the drain on the radiator, connected it to a hose so I could contain it, and stuck a garden hose in the over flow bottle. I let the car run for about 3 hours at idle that way. Installed a new thermostat, topped it off with fresh anti-freeze, 2 years and 50K later the car has had no more issues.

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