So you're saying aluminum will still break? Under 10 years of use (like the plastic ones) or abuse? And I know the seals are no better than on the plastic ones.
I put a thin coating of rtv on my seal area before installing mine, and they are seeping now. It was the blue stuff though. High temp would have been more sensible but still, they shouldn't leak at all and don't require any rtv.
I also laughed about a plastic piece in a coolant passage getting into the actual intake passages, that was a![]()