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Old 08-05-2014, 10:45 AM
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Default Leaky intake gaskets too!

After reading this post, I believed that is what was happening with my 427 SO. At one point I went through 6 quarts of oil in 100 miles. I removed my Blue Thunder intake and noted wet oil between the heads and intake gasket. I have the Edelbrock heads and used their intake gasket.
Per this thread I purchased the Fel Pro 1247-S3 from Napa. I couldn't find the Victor Reinz ones anywhere. I also used the Motorcraft TA-31 from my local Ford Dealer.

The picture is of the gasket retaining tool I made. Just a 3" wide piece of steel from my local ACE hardware store. They even cut it to length.

Thanks for this post. My car runs great now and no more burning oil!
I did a few 390's back in the day, albeit with cast iron Ford heads. But never had this oil burning issue.
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