ka intake minifold coolant leak

[jrsink]

so ive got a fully built ka, brand new, never run, with wiseco piston, pauter rods, complete head work to the max, and i'm currently installing it into my 92 vert. it will be a future ka-tall new oem gaskets were used (except the headgasket).i have installed the intake manifold onto the motor and connected all hoses, and vacuum lines. all accessories are bolted down.going to add new straight coolant in the motor via the main top radiator hose into the thermostat and so forth. i notice a good amount of leaking and dripping almost immeadiatly. i see its coming down from the ist cylinder area where the intake manifold (top part) meets the block, (front side, intake mani side). i notice theres 1 bolt that wasnt bolted in during the intake manifold assembly install onto the motor. so i put a bolt down, and refill. its still leaking again, almost rushing. i put my finger down there and blew through the hose (lol) and could feel plenty of air blowing through.

im not sure if the intake manifold gasket was off there or what; its brand new. i didnt use any type of gasket maker.should i just pull it off again, check for marks on the block/manifold/gasket and redo with gasket maker. this motor will have a turbo inn about 2 months. then its over

[TheOne]

you probably put the gasket the wrong way, the gasket has a hole just for the front of the IM that seals the water passage, it could be that since the backside also has a similar shape(yet smaller) you could have confused them and put it in wrong.

[gaehrings13]

^What he said, someone probably put it in backwards.

[jrsink]

^What he said, someone probably put it in backwards.

THAT SOMEONE WAS ME lol. DAMN

[lrb_2000]

haha, happened to me on my sohc... gasket was backwards.

[gaehrings13]

HAHAHAHAHA lol don't worry I did the same thing once becuase I was in a hurry. The bad part was that some of my friend were their for the experience so they had a good laugh.