Worked on the car for about an hour with my son the other night. Got a few more things bolted back into the engine bay.Washer fluid tank.Got the charcoal canister back in.Got this random bracket back in place.Go this sheet metal plate up...

More update to the work list: https://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/itflys-1gina2g.532766/post-153914711

oof, yeah - good catch

Not that I was looking for it, but came across this today. 20-25k miles on it.Thanks, Gates. Replaced with OEM.It didn’t throw grease everywhere inside the cover like yours, but still not great.

the graphite on the gasket makes the gasket seal imperfections in the mating surface just like the copper spray doesI have used the copper spray on a graphite gasket with no issues, but technically speaking its like putting extra glue on top...

Switched them back to the orange ones lol. Felt like the tone of the blue looked more like a green when I was driving.

Are you running a wideband o2 sensor? and a Map sensor?

Copper spray does nothing for a head gasket. If the gasket itself doesn't seal a little spray is not going to make it seal.

This had an MLS HG, but today we are going to try the Mitsu fiber gasket - and I might as well try it without copper spray and see if it seals.

Personal experience. I did it because I read about the big dogs doing it but missed the part where these guys were doing it to MLS. I remember spraying it and it just didn't seem correct, like some of it absorbed into the gasket - which...

Do NOT use copper spray on a composite head gasket.

Why on earth not?

Now the work list - been a while since I've had a list.1. Install idler pulley - Done 2. Final Scrape/Clean block deck for head gasket - Done *. Tap and Die clean cam cap bolts and threads - Done *. Remove studs for 1G CAS and manifold bracket...

There has to be a huge reason for all this bs. My turbo drain is leaking by the oil pan so I was going to remove the new oil and put a new gasket on the drain. The muthrfucn drain bolt on the oil pan is fucn welded on this pos.I have to do a...

Parts arrivedNote - the service manual actually says to replace if there is a grease leakThis is what a good part looks like

In progress - not in a hurry.I have had for a while, 2 black PC’d intake manifolds, but the prep work wasn’t great before the PC, like 15 years ago. This one does not have an MDP bolted on it.

Did you the pursue the cyclone manifold? I see you have your IM done in black which may have been in the works before talking about it last time.edit: "While you're at it", you should pull that alternator out and put in a Saturn unit.

Cold, and Damp. Not motivational. and I'm waiting on parts. Humf

Where did you find this pan with non-metric threads? What car was it for?

The threads for the oil drain were not oem 6x100 thread. They were like a standard size. I don't have any standard bolts around me, just loads of metric.