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Old 09-13-2006, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by EK98
You don't have to remove the valve covers. I just did that because I had a bad gasket. I forget what the J shaped tube is called, but it goes inside the upper intake manifold. You'll see the old one when you take yours off and then should know where to put it.

Its easier if you clean up the lower intake to find the hidden bolts, but I suppose you would be able to find them just by guessing before you clean it up.


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Don't forget the two hidden bolts under the UIM for the LIM. They're near the #5 and #2 intake runners INSIDE the top of the LIM.
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what he said
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That was fantastic. I would LOVE for someone to do that with me. I could not tackle it, but I would love for my 98 SSEi to have that work done....
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Originally Posted by Skippy1827
That was fantastic. I would LOVE for someone to do that with me. I could not tackle it, but I would love for my 98 SSEi to have that work done....
you won't have that problem with yours
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Originally Posted by Skippy1827
That was fantastic. I would LOVE for someone to do that with me. I could not tackle it, but I would love for my 98 SSEi to have that work done....
you won't have that problem with yours
Your cure was the supercharger...*grumbling...*

Thanks Billy and EK98, I'm remotely confident I can succeed in not blowing up my car
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Originally Posted by sonoma_zr2
Originally Posted by Skippy1827
That was fantastic. I would LOVE for someone to do that with me. I could not tackle it, but I would love for my 98 SSEi to have that work done....
you won't have that problem with yours
He may not have an UIM failure, however, the LIM gaskets are still very shoddy on the SII L67s.
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Originally Posted by vital49
Originally Posted by sonoma_zr2
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That was fantastic. I would LOVE for someone to do that with me. I could not tackle it, but I would love for my 98 SSEi to have that work done....
you won't have that problem with yours
He may not have an UIM failure, however, the LIM gaskets are still very shoddy on the SII L67s.


This applies to every car here (particularly S2'*) and the LIM gaskets. S1 LIM gaskets typically go well beyond 125k or more without any issues.
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Originally Posted by vital49
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That was fantastic. I would LOVE for someone to do that with me. I could not tackle it, but I would love for my 98 SSEi to have that work done....
you won't have that problem with yours
He may not have an UIM failure, however, the LIM gaskets are still very shoddy on the SII L67s.


This applies to every car here (particularly S2'*) and the LIM gaskets. S1 LIM gaskets typically go well beyond 125k or more without any issues.
whoa, didn't know that. I better replace mine tonight before something bad happens.
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Typical series two gaskets at 133,000 miles.
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...54&highlight=A

They may not appear to be leaking, however they do not look like they are in good shape.
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Wow you guys are really brave......skilled to take apart the top of your engine and do your own work. I wish I could do stuff like that. I know I talk down on the 3800 for being old but its really nice to have an engine you can really work on and fix yourself.

Did this work yield noticable performance increase?


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