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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: StealthBird</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Also, if you haven't worked on a Pontiac before, make sure you use the rubber o-ring at the front of the intake to water pump, and use some silicone to seal it. Lots of guys forget that, or don't use silicone/gasket sealer along with the o-ring, and they end up with a puddle of anti-freeze on their valley pan cover. </div></div>

Quite right! And make sure you install the timing cover/waterpump housing before you install the intake. The correct procedure is to have that timing cover in place, then put the rubber O-ring on the front of the intake. Then set the intake in place. And this is the important part: The first bolt you tighten is that really long, horizontal timing cover-to-intake bolt that pulls the intake up to the timing cover and compresses the O-ring. Then you can tighten up the intake mounting bolts. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/scholar.gif[/img]

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