My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)

Looking great man!

I remember when I put on flowmaster on my Honda. That was terrible...

Been hooning it around about a week now. Put the spark plug sock on the CTS to protect it from heat, now it reads correctly. And a now a quick summary. Pros, holy shit this car drives great. Still wicked pleased. Drove it out to the beach sunday, 200 mile round trip rode awesome. Nice and quiet. Ac is charged. Cons, back of the intake has a leak. Going to have to dive into that tomorrow with just 48 hours until I leave for wagonfest. Should go pretty quick. I only did the same job a month ago.   . Minus that, car is still awesome. Almost sure I'm done with the motor, for now. Really.   

Sweet! You've really done a 180 on your wagon! I wish you a trouble free trip for wagonfest. How many miles?

MASShole9C1 wrote:

I wish you a trouble free trip for wagonfest. How many miles?

Thanks man. It's 270 each way. Straight shot on I-90

Bit of deja vu this morning. Intake came off nice and within an hour. Always takes longer to take all the bullshit off. Inside staying cool now. Going to drop it back on tonight when it's a bit cooler.

DO it right this time....  

Glad youre happy...have a great time

Well, the car doesn't overheat anymore, and I got it timed right. But now the intake is leaking again.       Guess we'll see if a third time is the charm. If someone ever invents a 1 piece seal for these....

Remember the Fisha intake seal thread.....  

sdstick wrote:

Remember the Fisha intake seal thread.....  

Wha one was that?

sdstick wrote:

Remember the Fisha intake seal thread.....  

He went nutty afterwards.

Cadet57 wrote:

sdstick wrote:

Remember the Fisha intake seal thread.....  

Wha one was that?

silverfox103 wrote:

He went nutty afterwards.

As soon as the intake leaked again....the white caprice turned into a parts for sale thread

Remains went to recycle heaven...  

sdstick wrote:

Cadet57 wrote:

sdstick wrote:

Remember the Fisha intake seal thread.....  

Wha one was that?

silverfox103 wrote:

He went nutty afterwards.

As soon as the intake leaked again....the white caprice turned into a parts for sale thread

Remains went to recycle heaven...  

I think i've grown too attached to this damn thing to scrap it. I might go nutty enough to pull the motor out again though.   

sdstick wrote:

Cadet57 wrote:

sdstick wrote:

Remember the Fisha intake seal thread.....  

Wha one was that?

silverfox103 wrote:

He went nutty afterwards.

As soon as the intake leaked again....the white caprice turned into a parts for sale thread

Remains went to recycle heaven...  

I know, I have the seats in my B4U   

Tom has the hood   

LS engines don't have leak problems there, just sayin......   

95brmw wrote:

LS engines don't have leak problems there, just sayin......   

My wallet isnt healthy enough for one yet.   

Cadet57 wrote:

95brmw wrote:

LS engines don't have leak problems there, just sayin......   

My wallet isnt healthy enough for one yet.   

And mine is still recovering   

I just remembered I used the rubber end seals with RTV....I think...have to look at my truck again.

I use the copper spray on both sides of the side gaskets and a nice healthy 1/4" bead of black rtv for the front and rear NO rubber seals front or back. Torque the bolts in the right sequence and to the right spec.
Never EVER had an intake leak.

Ironfistdog wrote:

Torque the bolts in the right sequence and to the right spec.

This is important. Torque wrench to spec and sequence is a must. Also, when laying down that THICK RTV bead, make it a little thicker at the ends to be sure and seal the corners.

And there's no such thing as too much RTV, I chucked the rubber gaskets out on my 3800's and put a thick bead on the ends, no leaks.

GasTT wrote:

Ironfistdog wrote:

Torque the bolts in the right sequence and to the right spec.

This is important. Torque wrench to spec and sequence is a must. Also, when laying down that THICK RTV bead, make it a little thicker at the ends to be sure and seal the corners.

Torques are important too...but ^^^^^^

I've never known anyone who used those stupid rubber garbage "gaskets" they belong in the trash. THICK RTV and it won't leak.

I may have been a bit premature saying it's the intake. Went under the car to install my new starter shield and wrap my OTA's and the starter was soaked with oil. Cleaned it all up, as well as the trans, exhaust etc. Parked the car overnight on some plywood, still dry. Looks like it was just residual. I'm going to keep an eye on it but for now it looks like it's holding.

If we've ever learned anything, if it's not one thing it's another!

MASShole9C1 wrote:

If we've ever learned anything, if it's not one thing it's another!

OR.......

No....we've learned nothing here....residual....smh
 

Are you sayin you didnt doosh the whole thing before painting, assembling & installing?
  

sdstick wrote:

 

Are you sayin you didnt doosh the whole thing before painting, assembling & installing?
  

No no. Once the motor was out the whole undercarriage was scrubbed clean. Once it started leaking a few weeks ago thats when I didn't clean it again.

silverfox103 wrote:

sdstick wrote:

Remember the Fisha intake seal thread.....  

He went nutty afterwards.

Not too long after the Intake Incident Fishah move to a ah, facility someplace in the Midwest and I don't think he has been seen in person since by anyone here. Occasionally he is allowed to use a computer with internet access, probably in the library. Some may have an idea of how difficult this can be. If you happen to have any contact with him please don't make any mention of the Intake Incident or refer to his place of residence as "the institute". We don't want to cause any setbacks.