My leaky intake

 

Is that a crack under tstat housing thru that rib?

I see no crack to affect gasket sealing force, only sand . Hope the sand wasn't there when it was taken off and that's just a product of sloppy work area

 

I don't see anything either. So what are we looking at or don't you know lol.

 

Perhaps the intake wasn't staged properly, the gasket looks a little smashed, over torqued.

 

Definitely looks over torqued.

Looks to me like someone put a bottle of magic leak stopper in there too with that grainy crap all over it.

 

I don’t know lol, other than that red sand is where it was leaking (very little) and it was a mix of corrosion and coolant

 

Well, the intake HAS TO BE installed a certain way, in stages. If done wrong they will leak. So you have to know what your doing. Not difficult, but it has to be done correctly.

 

Exactly. There's a torque sequence done in stages. It is especially critical with those type of gaskets. Going ***** Nilly on them gets you into trouble with unevenness and deforming gaskets.

So, had you put some stop leak, head gasket/cooling system sealer in the coolant on the previous motor? One thing that should always be done with a new motor is a new radiator. That's asking for issues, especially if you had a blown head gasket.

 

No, I didn’t put any stop leak in the old one, or anything for that matter