iamxpl

can you please report back here every so often to report how its holding up. would be greatly appreciated.

flanders

It's really hard to get to all the bolts without removing a bunch of stuff every time though.
I did use thread lock on all the bolts and made a small mark on them to see if they are moving, but I'm afraid that the bolt "loosening" is because the gasket compresses and over time loose it's spring effect.
Not sure if that made sense, anyways I will update if anything happens.
It's probably four months before I get to even drive it though, I live in the wrong country

zeroptzero

yeah you are exactly right, the bolts loosen as the gasket material thickness changes with temps and so forth, so I think Loctite will not solve all of the issues.

I can reach each bolt on the intake manifold and have them checked and tightened with a torque wrench in less than 5 minutes without moving anything. You just need to use the right combination of extensions and sockets with a bright light source, and I think on the last bolt near the firewall I use a wobbly extension. It is real easy to do once you come up with the right approach. Good luck

flanders

Ok thanks, I need to buy some more tools then

Wolf95

Couldn't you tap the hole on the head and stick a plug in it to prevent any possible coolant leaking issues with the Hondata unit?

flanders

I guess you could do that with the small hole that supplies the TB and IACV.
But the other big hole which is the main coolant route from the head would be disaster to plug.

Wolf95

I've never had this IM off. What size hole is it?

flanders

Here is all the holes for you


The tiny one on the left just under the stud and the big one to the far right is for coolant.

Mr.60trim

^Mutual feeling.

Nonetheless, pretty cool post @ flanders

RIDGERCR

Just read the posts here.

Yep I'm one of those unfortunate folks that had the coolant leak issue. It went as far as replacing my ACT clutch set as the clutch started to slip bad over a short period of time.

Of course I never knew the gasket was the culprit until cracking open the bell housing and witnessing coolant flowing out from the clutch region.

Upon further investigation it was discovered there were a few loose nuts on the intake manifold.

So I'm going back to stock, screw it.

My advice to you is to definitely check the torque on those nuts probably once a month depending on how you drive. Take care.