Thread: Does it need to be done? (LIM)

Pic? You talking about the gasket that spans the valley? I think your just seeing what your supposed to see but its hard to say without seeing what your seeing. See?

the orange rubber gasket is normal to be sticking out a bit. you need to look where th elim meets the head, then look for a black, or silver gasket.

black means plastic. silver means its been upgraded.

that gaskets fine, that blob is rtv, its fine. it needs to be there. need a better pic of where the lim meets the head. the area where that bolt is bolted to in the right of the pic.

That black gasket and blob of RTV are normal. The RTV is dabbed in all 4 corners to seal it off.

You'll want to look on the throttle body side where the intake meets the cylinder head, thats the best spot to see the lower intake gasket itself. Like he said it will either be black or silver in color, clean it off if you have too, dirt and crap can make the silver turn black.

the gskets on the left and right are the lim gaskets, the others two orange parts are just a rubber seal. its the same new upgraded or old gaskets.

Did you see if you have metal gaskets? Also, why you are there, might as well just bolt a blower to it. That's how I started, just a simple gasket replacement...

Originally Posted by bandook

Did you see if you have metal gaskets? Also, why you are there, might as well just bolt a blower to it. That's how I started, just a simple gasket replacement...

cause that all costs money. heads lim blower, gaskets for it all, balancer swap, idler pulley coil bracket, blah blah blah headers, ect ect lol

im sure he'd like to have a running car again at this point.....

Well, if he's like me I'm trying to save him money. I did the lim job on my stock engine, then a week later decided I wanted a blower. 4 weeks later I had a blower on and now I'm on my 4th oil change and 3rd coolant change in about 2000 miles. Yeah, wish someone talked sense into me sooner.

i just went 400 deep on a free used n/a engine pretty much, real cheap set of heads i got and ported up a little. all new gaskets for the whole engine too. and i had the headers already and a set of rockers on the old engine.

i was already a sc car, so i had all the odds and ends, where you n/a guys need to hunt the whole package down.

Yeah. If he's lucky he's got a good yard nearby. I found one after the swap where I could get an engine for 100.00. That's where I grabbed my second blower for 50( would of been 25 if I waited till half off day). I learned the hard way and paid 100 for crap heads that cost me almost 400 to have all the work done, paid 125 for first blower that was also crap. Had it rebuilt for 100ish. Stupidity is expensive I suppose

it all adds up quick, some it adds up higher and faster then others lol

its just the fuel rail and wires harness and plugs thats scary. once that crap is off its a hand full of bolts and poof, its all apart.


open the hood, stand at the driver side of the bumper, bend over, now look where the dog bone mount is bolted on, now look near the top of the valve cover, you'll see a groove, thats where the gasket is.

cant miss it in this pic. where the coil bracket would be, you can see the outline of the lim to head.

Using this photo I found online, no that's not a John Deer diesel, I've highlighted the area in red. No there is nothing wrong with the saturation levels of your monitor, that is really a yellow engine. I know, I know....