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camaro2you · 02-24-2009, 04:45 PM

I have a coolant leak on a 96 sierra 1500 with the 350 vortec. Is it possible for a bad intake gasket to cause a leak in the back of the motor? I am 99% sure its not the rear freeze plugs. Thanks in advance.

deadtrend1 · 02-24-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by camaro2you

I have a coolant leak on a 96 sierra 1500 with the 350 vortec. Is it possible for a bad intake gasket to cause a leak in the back of the motor? I am 99% sure its not the rear freeze plugs. Thanks in advance.

does that have crossovers in the back like on the LT1's?

camaro2you · 02-24-2009, 05:35 PM

I have no clue i can't see a damn thing from the top without taking everything apart.

LTb1ow · 02-24-2009, 05:36 PM

Ok, well do you have a metal tube that comes from the back on the engine, connects into the TB or just dumps into the rad neck?

JSPERFORMANCE · 02-24-2009, 07:56 PM

Yes, very common on vortec engines

camaro2you · 03-01-2009, 08:19 AM

Fixed the leak, those intake gaskets were bad.......