to clean old gasket off sometimes I use a razor blade very carefully ..
and spray carb cleaner.
There is also 'gasket remover' in a can ..
it's like paint remover ..nasty stuff. Sometimes that works.

you 'could' just goop it up too..
thought that's not very good workmanship .
for that I use either ..
'permatex red high tack gasket sealer.'

The Right Stuff

or Toyota Black silicone sealant.

but clean gasket surfaces, with new gaskets with permatex Hi Tack is the
best I think.
the intake gaskets fit two ways ..
only one is really right. I see backwards installed ones semi-commonly.

be extra careful about leaks at the intke runner boots....those like to
leak.
I use a 'listening tube' to fine intake leaks sometimes ...a two foot long
hose, about 3/8 inch ID.
scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Grungy" <grungy@GRUNGY.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 8:01 AM
Subject: intake gasket?

> Injectors out - d'oh! - that was easy.
> FLAPS should have seals this afternoon.
>
> Old intake manifold gasket appears to be glued to the intake manifold.
> Hard black stuff with paper faces.
> Paper face I can see is very scratched.
>
> I have a replacement gasket, but can't easily get the old one off,
> and I could scratch up the intake during removal.  Does the collected
> wisdom here say replace it or use the old one?
> Should I get some kind of high-temp Permatex to fill in the scratches
> on the old one's paper face?
> --
>
> bcnu - Grungy  (Houston, TX)  opinions are just that.obviously.
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