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2511 shakedown miles have revealed oil leaking where the intake manifold mates to the cylinder heads.
My notes show Dan Jones once recommended Victor Reinz 95078SG gaskets but they seem to no longer be available?
Also mentioned by Dan were Mr. gasket 214 and the Fel-Pro Printo-seal 1228 which at one point had a bad reputation for leaking.
Did Fel-Pro fix their leaking problems and can the 95078SG gasket still be found somewhere?
Wisdom and advice appreciated,
Larry

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I haven't had leaking problems on the 351-c but have had on my 302. The Felpros seem to be to hard and thin and on the 302 the Mr.Gasket 213's are .125" thick and so far have corrected the problem.

I haven't looked for the Mr.Gasket 214 but try Summit. They had the 213's. That's where I'd look right now. Jeg's tries but is mostly lip service and just causes false hope and delays because they don't stock anything,



As a side note you do remember the point of using silicone in "the corners" right?

Thanks, Doug. Actually, I replace the entire China wall gasket with a bead of silicone, running about 1/2 inch onto the heads at all four corners.

I ordered Mr. Gasket 214 last night from Summit.

Fel-Pro 1228 has a terrible history of leaking so that one is best avoided by everyone.

95078SG from Victor Reinz seems to no longer be available.

Edelbrock does not have a gasket for the stock iron heads and actually recommends the 1228

Larry

@lf-tp2511 posted:

Thanks, Doug. Actually, I replace the entire China wall gasket with a bead of silicone, running about 1/2 inch onto the heads at all four corners.

I ordered Mr. Gasket 214 last night from Summit.

Fel-Pro 1228 has a terrible history of leaking so that one is best avoided by everyone.

95078SG from Victor Reinz seems to no longer be available.

Edelbrock does not have a gasket for the stock iron heads and actually recommends the 1228

Larry

I actually respect Edelbrock's efforts but I find myself often at odds with them in that often their decisions seem to be to their own benefit rather then the individual customers needs.

For instance. Have you ever seen them do a dual four intake manifold designed for a Holley carb? I haven't. They own the AFB design and manufacture it under their own Edelbrock carb identity.

While I suppose it is good business sense in their view it isn't what I need or I think what the high performance consumer in general wants?

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