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Old 09-28-2018, 02:24 PM
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gasket reuse

installed new injector o rings and figured I would do intake manifold gaskets while I had things apart.
when I removed the manifold I must of damaged the vacuum line that runs up from the bottom of the manifold to the flapper control module because I had an air leak and blew smoke into the manifold via a vacuum line and that's where the smoke is coming from. now I have to remove the manifold again to make repairs to the underside vacuum line.

question is: will it be ok to reuse the manifold gaskets since they are new? or is it a one shot deal with these metal gaskets?

intake manifold has already been torqued down and the car was already started once.
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Reusing gaskets is not recommended practice. You may be lucky and have no problems. On the other hand, you may not be lucky. If it were my vehicle I would use a new gasket.

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