Hey I just realized that I put my intake manifold gasket on wrong when I had the head off. What sucks is the car is all back together with a huge IM leak.

With a 1G, what needs to be done to pull the IM? Will I need to pull the AC or what?

Pull the starter and you'll have enough room.

Remove the battery and the uicp. It will free up alot of room.

What they said. Ratcheting wrenches seem to work very well. If you have the right extension you can get a socket in there.

Good tips guys. I've always just removed the head to change the IM because it can be a pain otherwise. The ratcheting wrenches are god send for doing this job as mentioned above.

TexasTurbo said:

Good tips guys. I've always just removed the head to change the IM because it can be a pain otherwise. The ratcheting wrenches are god send for doing this job as mentioned above.

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Well seeing how I just put my rebuilt head on.....I wouldn't wanna pull it back up

Agreed it is easier to pull with the head off, but pulling the head just to remove the intake is a bit overboard I mean, that takes a new head gasket, and resetting the timing belt again.

I found out that just removing the battery and UICP was enough, oh and the little smog thingy I pulled real quick.

I used combo wrenches. A ratcheting wrench would have been sweet. But it wasn't that bad..

TexasTurbo said:

Good tips guys. I've always just removed the head to change the IM because it can be a pain otherwise. The ratcheting wrenches are god send for doing this job as mentioned above.

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Thread revival do you rtv the IM gasket?

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no I would not/did not and will not

No rtv required. The gasket I'd a crush to seal style gasket. It would be bad to risk getting rtv onto your injector nozzles or into the engine.

Darn, beat me to it

Thanks guys for the quick responses