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    2003 SSEi Intake Manifold Gasket replacement help

    Hi All,
    is there a step by step thread out there someplace, showing me how to replace the LIM gasket on my 03SSEi. ?
    or i will hire someone to change it, cash!
    I am going to start the tear down tonight.
    thanks
    mike
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    its pretty straight forward. The ssei is the sc one right? should be even more simple than the regular intakes. Just take your time remove stuff thats in the way if necessary. Try not to break any vacuum lines
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    the bonneville forum was a great help!
    2000 SS camaro

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    Yes, it is supercharged. The SC takes the place of the Upper Intake Manifold. I got her fixed! NO MORE LEAKS for the leaker = ME!
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    Its not all bad maybe time consuming at the most. I haven't personally done one yet but there not too different than the 3.1/3.4 we usually get leaking at work.
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    The only real difference between replacing the LIM gaskets on the 3.8 vs the 3.1/3.4 is you don't have to remove the push rods or valve covers.
    Did you get the metal/rubber gaskets and not those crappy plastic ones? The engineer who decided using plastic for a intake gasket or any gasket was a good idea, is an idiot.

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    i agree, Metal gasket!
    Quote Originally Posted by spooln30 View Post
    The only real difference between replacing the LIM gaskets on the 3.8 vs the 3.1/3.4 is you don't have to remove the push rods or valve covers.
    Did you get the metal/rubber gaskets and not those crappy plastic ones? The engineer who decided using plastic for a intake gasket or any gasket was a good idea, is an idiot.
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    The real problem with the 3.8L was routing the egr pipe so that it burns through the upper intake.
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    Quote Originally Posted by brotherbenn83 View Post
    The real problem with the 3.8L was routing the egr pipe so that it burns through the upper intake.
    ^ this.
    Had to do that on my Olds 88. Nothing like a hot pipe in the middle of a plastic intake.

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    I almost forgot about that and what that egr tube is doing right next to a coolant passage it beyond me.

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