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Originally Posted by Rickysnickers
I wish I could have said this earlier, while you had your intake manifold off. There is a sheet metal plate on the bottom of it that bolts to the intake manifold. They have a notorious habit of leaking. Leak might actually be a bad term. They suck oil into the bottom of the intake manifold. There's a company that make an aluminum plate, to replace the sheet metal one. I did that to my old Dakota R/T. Once I did that, it never leaked again.
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I'm right there with you. There is a lot of controversy about the best way to resolve the plenum gasket issue. The folks at Hughes feel the best resolution is their aluminum plenum plate, due to varying rates of expansion with dissimilar metals. The folks at Mopar blame the bolts used on the steel plenum plate being too long and have since changed the bolts supplied. I went with the Mopar gasket set and bolts and I don't think there will be any problems in the future. If there is, I know what will need to be addressed.
-Joe