Reusing Intake gaskets

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Apr 10, 2022 | 06:26 PM

Droopy390

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Reusing Intake gaskets

I recently purchased a fel-pro gasket kit for my 390 part number ft 8554 pt because I thought I had an intake manifold gasket leak, I took the motor apart and then realized I actually have two broken valve springs, (the valves somehow didn’t fall into the combustion chamber) (exhaust on 3 and 6) I’m doing the job outside and it’s still fairly cold where I live and didn’t want the internals to be exposed to the condensation so I closed up the motor using my new intake gaskets but will have to go back in and take the heads off to do the springs and lap the valves could I reuse the intake gaskets or are they done for ? All I did was torque the intake manifold, i didn't fire up the motor

Apr 10, 2022 | 07:01 PM

f5fordgirl

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Depends on what their make of, if you torqued the manifold down tight, when you take it off pieces of the gasket may pull off, and not sure if they have a squish margin, I'd go with a new set.