:OT: first of all. those with 96 GT's have a welded on water pump nipple and requires cutting off of the coolant hose and putting a L-rubber tube on instead, dont bother buying the 00 water pump nipple.
anyway...
damnit!!!!! i fired everything up, well, first i forgot to plug the pass. coil pack back in...then i did, started it up, ran rough, then smoothed out. then i heard a whistling sound
i didnt htink it was the intake, i used plenty of gasket maker. but then again...
although, i did not torque to specifications, i only went from the inside-out sequence little by little. i cant find my Haynes and if anyone could post the exact torque specs and instructions, i would really appreciate that. there seem to be no coolant problems. my check engine light is on with the whistling. it seems to be coming from the back of the engine. but my question is, if there was a leak between the manifold and head in one bank, could that throw a CEL? the car seems to run a tad rougher and doesnt seem to have the pep it did before (but that might be due to a bad emissions problem that MIGHT NOT be from a port-leak). im resetting the battery again right now since i started it with no right coil pack . maybe it was left over from before.
my comments are....
who said we have to use the pre 99 gaskets (if that might be my problem)? the pi gaskets lined up perfectly, with the exception of one coolant passage that was slightly inside on the head, but that can be fixed with permetex!!! the passages are going to be different sizes anyway. the gaskets will work perfectly on the heads and the manifold. if i get an odd code pulled this week and it's something with the cylinder, im going to put the PI gaskets on this time, which i feel now (after looking at everything today and comparing) would work much better than the NPI.
leave comments on those who have done it. thanx.
anyway...
damnit!!!!! i fired everything up, well, first i forgot to plug the pass. coil pack back in...then i did, started it up, ran rough, then smoothed out. then i heard a whistling sound
i didnt htink it was the intake, i used plenty of gasket maker. but then again...
although, i did not torque to specifications, i only went from the inside-out sequence little by little. i cant find my Haynes and if anyone could post the exact torque specs and instructions, i would really appreciate that. there seem to be no coolant problems. my check engine light is on with the whistling. it seems to be coming from the back of the engine. but my question is, if there was a leak between the manifold and head in one bank, could that throw a CEL? the car seems to run a tad rougher and doesnt seem to have the pep it did before (but that might be due to a bad emissions problem that MIGHT NOT be from a port-leak). im resetting the battery again right now since i started it with no right coil pack . maybe it was left over from before.
my comments are....
who said we have to use the pre 99 gaskets (if that might be my problem)? the pi gaskets lined up perfectly, with the exception of one coolant passage that was slightly inside on the head, but that can be fixed with permetex!!! the passages are going to be different sizes anyway. the gaskets will work perfectly on the heads and the manifold. if i get an odd code pulled this week and it's something with the cylinder, im going to put the PI gaskets on this time, which i feel now (after looking at everything today and comparing) would work much better than the NPI.
leave comments on those who have done it. thanx.