[Keithc8]

I do see the intake bolts needing retorquing after a few heat cycles but that will normally do it. The stainless washers and bolts may be giving you the problem with not holding the torque. We normally use a flat washer with no lock washer and a little blue Loctite on the bolt threads. We will use a little RTV around the area inside the gasket where the water cross over is on the intake. You will get a little corrosion here no matter what you do. There are anti-freezes out there that I think have changed in the last few years and they are hard on the gaskets. We have also seen this with a lot of the water as well. We will normaly use distilled water in our cooling systems on our cars. I do not think you will have to go to the studs and lock nuts to get this fixed. Mkae sure that your intake is setting at the right angle to the head intake surface. Also make sure that as you tighten the intake bolts that they are not keeping the intake from pulling down in any way, like binding the intake up against the bolt. Just some things to look at when you redo it. Good luck, Keith