Thread: intake/head issue

Originally Posted by FordMan77

Pressure in the oil filler neck of the valve cover suggests a bad PCV valve. Also sounds like it's time for LIM gaskets. Take a look on the "front" of the motor (where all the pulleys are) and see where the LIM meets the block/heads. If the edge of that gasket is black, then its the plastic ones. If gray, then aluminum.

I changed the intake gaskets over the weekend but due to not having the car longer I came up short of pulling the head. It is the rear head in question. The intake ports were coated with carbon other then where the injectors sprayed. No positive signs of water. I did an intake on my 1998 and it had distinct water flow lines.

I shook the PCV valve and it rattled and I could blow through it so I did not change it.

I am still waiting to hear if it is still using water.