Mine was!
I have always suspected a blown pan gasket. Mopar suggests a rtv sealer
instead. I plan to do it as soon as I get the manifold off. According to
them its very common but dealers don't do anything because of the work
involved. The symptoms are loss in power and/or detonation.
Mark
http://home.att.net/~flyboy01
-----Original Message-----
From: William Blount Arthur <m990198@nadn.navy.mil>
To: dakota mailing list <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, January 18, 1999 11:54 PM
Subject: DML: Manifold Gasket.
>I was just reading the article on manifolds and it said lots of people
>blow the manifold gasket and that if you did the venturis would look oily
>and stuff. Well, I changed my TB today and you know, it was oily. I
>thought it was from the K&N oil or something, but the blades were oily and
>so was the bottom of the TB that I took off. More so on one side than the
>other. Ok, does it sound like I blew something? Is it a pain to pull off
>the manifold? I hate messing with the damn fuel rails... Oh well, for
>all of you that have changed your TB, was yours all dirty, or do I need to
>put a new gasket on something? Thanks.
>
>Bill
>'97 SS/T
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