Coolant leak by fuel injector

[The Banks]

On my 2000 Camaro 3.8 with almost 100,000 miles I have a coolant leak in which a small amount of coolant puddles up in the intake manifold crevice located by fuel injector #3 (center on the driver's side). I've been reading up on it and apparently this is a common problem caused by a bad lower intake manifold gasket, see reference:

http://www.camarozone.com/forum/f15/...engine-177192/

My leak is in the same general area as the picture in my reference, however in comparison mine seems to be a smaller leak confined to a specific area. This is evidenced by the Dex-Cool puddle in my picture below. I'm looking for thoughts and suggestions on the topic but more importantly some guidelines on this repair. Thanks.

[WarShrike]

Re: Coolant leak by fuel injector

Intake gasket leak. Mine puddled in the same areas. Replace lower and upper intake gaskets. I used the metal lower intake gaskets, they're the problem solver set by Felpro.

[The Banks]

Re: Coolant leak by fuel injector

Thanks for the response WarShrike, I thought it was probably the LIM and I'm glad you could confirm this. I can't seem to find the Felpro problem solver set, just two different LIM gasket sets which I can't tell the difference between.

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=260726

and

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=1400339

I'd appreciate it if you can steer me towards a place that sells the Felpro problem solver set.

[The Banks]

Re: Coolant leak by fuel injector

Did a little more looking and found a similar thread that you posted in before WarShrike. Based on your pretty pictures it looks like I've got a helluva a lot of work to do next weekend and that the good aluminum Felpro LIM gasket is in the second link that I posted.

http://forum.camarov6.com/showthread.php?p=1023165

[WarShrike]

Re: Coolant leak by fuel injector

Good job on the detective work. I post on too many forums to remember exact locations I leave nuggets of wisdom like that. Take your time get it real clean and use a good bit of TV on the corners where the Kim gaskets meet with the valley gaskets.