I wish my Van had room for these Aftmkt intake manifold upgrades, but no room under van hood for anything..
i am wondering if my 1991 5.8l Van has Coolant running through my Lower-Intake manifold??? as Conanski's great pics look like they are the Dry style-older manifolds???
I wish mine didnt have the coolant routed through manifold as may leak. Reason is I am going to replace my valve-Cover gaskets and thot i wud re-torque my Intake man bolts, and buy new ARP Chromoly bolts first and put threadlocker Loctite glue on threads, and i will Not remove my intake to change-out these intake man bolts.
If i go to auto parts store and look ant Intake Gasket it should also tell me story if my manifold holds-routes the Coolant within the manifold or Not??
I want to re-torque with new bolts using glue so water-coolant wont leak and wont rust threads.
i hope my lower intake manifold has no coolant, and/or Ford used glue on my bolts at factory.
I think my lower manifold holds coolant by pics in my old haynes repair manual. 6 holes per bank, so 4 holes for Air-gas/ 1 at each end for cooling.. so 8 holes total for air-gas and 4 holes for coolant total???
I direly hope-pray that For made bolts that dont loosen or used glue on threads-so my orig gaskets and threads are not compromised-soggy/corroded- As Van is a Bit** to work on and i will be lucky to do the Valve cvr-racker cover gaskets, but i dont want to have to remove the Lower Intake manifold!!!
???Did OEM Ford use Threadlocker on my vans intake manifold Bolts at the factory-assembly line???
Torque spec on my Intakebolts in 23-25 ft lbs, can i safely go a tad higher like 27lbs with Chromoly bolts??
sorry if i hi-jackd this thread, itf so plse re-route it to diff forum location, my apologies.
thx mch, CargoVanMan Ford 1991E-250 5.8L W