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Old 02-21-2019, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by classical glass View Post
That's it Patrickt.....thank you. I don't know about putting a thin piece of tin can to block off the port. I worry about an intake leak.
I have no experience myself in blocking off that port, but I have read that gases will eat up the gasket over time if you don't put something there. I have also read that, once upon a time, little metal pieces came with the gasket set for doing just that. Surely someone on here has blocked it off but, if it were me, I'd just hone a small piece of stock that fit in there flush and tuck it in, maybe with a dab of JB Weld.
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