The WRP IMS Gasket Thread

[toyniss]

^^^^^^^ ouch!

not good, which now leads me to believe it is heat related possibly combined with the sheering effect. but for it to only be 500miles and have damage to the gaskets like that i have a hard time believing its soley caused by vibration of the motor, esp with the damage that severe.

[wperdigon]

I am not refunding anyone on this - you do not need to remove your IMS to inspect anything, as with any engine application, when you remove or open the engine, you should replace gaskets none the less.

I am not giving you a temporary solution, it's a permanent solution and will work. for example, your oil pan is held on by silicone.

People need to stop complaining about things that are not large issues in hindsight. Also, I deleted the other thread because people were doing nothing but complaining about absolute crap.

I was hoping in this thread to address the issue ina professional manner, but some of you have felt the need to turn it into a ***** fest. Therefore I am locking the thread.

Originally Posted by GVNISMO

My TBS has chamfered edges. I did notice the sharpness of the edges on the IMS though and I was actually going to take some fine sand paper and chamfer the edges my self. No problem with doing that is there Will?

There shouldn't be a problem with this - I will post online how to do this by hand with basic hand tools in the next couple of days.

Originally Posted by andrewcote

Would there be any way that you could give us the specs to do the sheering ourselves? it is quite uncomforting to know that you will not fix the part, but only make a temporary solution that could inturn void warranty...

this is not a temporary solution - it is a permanent fix

[Johnnyman88]

those of you who needs proof... HERE YAH GO BOYS

[wperdigon]

thank you ag -

[shinermiller]

I will be assessing mine after this weekend is over, again.

[wperdigon]

for the guys who think this is heat related -

while crude, it's a testing method none the less -

understand that under hood temperatures do not exceed 150 degrees at best. the temp at the intake manifold wouldn't be at this level

here are some videos of me gradually raising the temp on a throttle body gasket which is the same material as the ims gaskets - this just shows that this thing is not heat related

**** i must not be doing something right, i can't upload the video, can someone show me ***

[shinermiller]

oops one sec.

YouTube - vq40 gasket in oven Video of gasket in oven.

[wperdigon]

i have one here where we had the gasket in the oven at 500 degrees for over 30 minutes - not a single problem at all with the gasket

[shinermiller]

Silicone based more than likely. If so, it will take some wicked temps

[agtitan06]

Originally Posted by wperdigon

**** i must not be doing something right, i can't upload the video, can someone show me ***

How do I upload a video?
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