Chevy Venture 2000 Intake Manifold Gasket : my turn

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Christophe Salvaing - 31 Jan 2005 10:00 GMT

Hi all.

Like thousand other Venture owner, my low coolant light came on, I look
around and no external coolant leaks but smell.
I check the oil : oil cap & PCV are coated with white sludgy crap.
Guess where the COOLANT went ... into the CRANKCASE via the lower intake
manifold gasket.
Only 55k miles and very very disapointed ... of GM.

Anyway, according of the both TSB :
- http://aklr.free.fr/envrac/SB-10001282-8175(Intake_manifold_gasket).pdf
- http://aklr.free.fr/envrac/GM_3.1_3.4_TB.pdf

I need to order parts for my mechanic :
- short bolt #11588915 qty : 4
- long bolt #11588914 qty : 4
- threadlocker #12345382 qty : 1
- Fuel system - Fuel induction - Intake - Manifold gasket 3.4L 1997 - 2002
#89017279 : qty : 1

Do you thing a part is missing ?

Thank you.

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ega - 31 Jan 2005 16:18 GMT

You also need to replace an O-ring for the heater pipe. In my case I had to
remove the EGR valve so you may need the gaskets.

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shiden_kai - 31 Jan 2005 21:07 GMT

> I need to order parts for my mechanic :
> - short bolt #11588915 qty : 4
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> Do you thing a part is missing ?

You will need one or two valve cover gaskets (depending
on what method the tech uses to remove the intake), I would
also replace the heater bypass hose o-ring seal, and a heater
pipe o-ring seal. If you just get the stuff from a dealer, they
will automatically know what to give you....I'm sure they throw
4-5 of them across the counter every day...if not more.

Ian

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