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That’s not the only one I’ve seen that happen to. The compression of the tightened gasket appears to put pressure on the inside wall of the plastic lip and after enough heat cycles it begins to bulge out and crack from the outside in the passage. It happens underneath the crossover too(to be fair, Ford intakes can have this happen here, though it’s not as common due to thicker wall thickness and better material)
The notion that this is user error is pretty humorous, you must work in Apple support :tongue: The only reason I posted that pic of mine was to show there’s a downside to:
The notion that this is user error is pretty humorous, you must work in Apple support :tongue: The only reason I posted that pic of mine was to show there’s a downside to:
Less chance of damaging, eh? I have never, ever, had a issue with separate OEM gaskets, the OEM design itself is pretty foolproof, as they clip into the heads. The additional convenience of Dorman’s integral gaskets is outweighed by the failure point they introduce. The issue of installing it wrong somehow to cause the failure on the Dorman(overtightening? Tightening out of sequence perhaps?) still wouldn’t lead to this to happen with OEM. I’ve even pulled OEM intakes from junkyard engines that had signs of overheating where there was no apparent damage to the manifold.IMHO, this was good from several points one of which when installing the intake, there is much less chance of damaging the gasket (although slim, it you got a little rough with it by accident, it could cause an issue)