Which color rtv adheirs to rubber gaskets the best

[454Man]

I have a little leakage at the front and back of my intake. I'm gonna put the rubber seals on and what to know what y'all think about the best sealant to use with the rubber end gaskets

[codyC10kid]

Your intake gasket????me i would just buy a new intake gasket set,i dont use silocone on intake gaskets...i use blue on my valve cover oil pan water pump,stuff like that...has yet to leak

[454Man]

Not the gaskets for the intake just the black rubber end seals

[codyC10kid]

Not the gaskets for the intake just the black rubber end seals

What motor? what seals valvle cover?,rear main? i have no idea..OH you mean the BOTOM of the intake and the top of the block right

[zieg85]

I was told to never use RTV on those end gaskets by my mechanic buddy just a dab at the place where the intake gasket goes over the black seal in the corners.  He also suggests only use RTV on the front oil pan instead of the gasket.  I have only done a few and have never had a leak following his advice.  My $.02

[454Man]

Not the gaskets for the intake just the black rubber end seals

What motor? what seals valvle cover?,rear main? i have no idea..OH you mean the BOTOM of the intake and the top of the block right

350 and yes

[454Man]

I was told to never use RTV on those end gaskets by my mechanic buddy.  He also suggests only use RTV on the front oil pan instead of the gasket.  I have only done a few and have never had a leak following his advice.  My $.02

ok stop you just used them gaskets by themselves and no rtv? My engineguy dias to not use them gaskets....like I was going to, now I have leaks

[codyC10kid]

My motor,chevy 350 has just a thick gob of rtv right in that area...and one of my magazines show them building a motor and they said not to use the rubber gasket just a thick gob of silocone

[bake74]

     There are defiantly different views on using RTV on the intake.  Some say never, some say you can not get certain intakes to stop leaking if you do not use some.
     I am in the same lines as the others here, I have not had problems with intakes sealing with just gaskets before.  But I make sure the heads, the block ends, and the intake are flat and have a good clean, smooth surface to mate together and that the intakes are torqued down properly.

[zieg85]

The end gaskets on top of the block go down first.  Put a dab of RTV on where the intake(metal) gasket go over the rubber ones.

[454Man]

My motor,chevy 350 has just a thick gob of rtv right in that area...and one of my magazines show them building a motor and they said not to use the rubber gasket just a thick gob of silocone

yeah that thick bead didn't work for me.I'm gonna try just gaskets and a dab in the corners

[454Man]

What in gonna do thus time is put everyting in place then see if there is a gap between the intake an gaskets. If there a gap then I'll use the rtv in the middle aswell

[zieg85]

Or..... wait to have Vile and/or Blazin reply as I personally wouldn't be afraid of their advice...

[454Man]

Or..... wait to have Vile and/or Blazin reply as I personally wouldn't be afraid of their advice...

True...I'm in no rush...just trying to get everyones opinions, besides this will be the third time I've takin off the intake (for various reasons) and want to make it my last:)

[bake74]

True...I'm in no rush...just trying to get everyones opinions, besides this will be the third time I've takin off the intake (for various reasons) and want to make it my last:)

     Smart man.