01-25-2019, 01:01 PM
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Formerly of Car Hell
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Buffalo NY
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Originally Posted by GregMN
It is the intake manifold. It is under vacuum, not pressure. Take the manifold off. Do what you need to do and put the manifold back on. Drive the car. You don't need all the bolts. Don't over tighten. The threads are in aluminum and strip easy.
My '96 E300D, by the time it had 300k+miles, had at least 2 intake bolt holes that were stripped and barely held the bolts in place and applied almost no pressure to securing the manifold to the head. If it makes you feel better us a gasket sealant of some sort, but I wouldn't bother.
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Sounds good to me.
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