Intake manifold studs

I believe these are gasket alignment inserts. You should have four, probably rusted and stuck to the hard as a rock OEM gaskets. I had reused mine, they help keep the gasket in place.

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Re: Intake manifold studs Yep alignment inserts... Steve C Group: alt.autos.4x4.chevy-trucks Date: Thu, Jan 15, 2004, 2:45am (CST+6) From: snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Martin=A0Riddle) I believe these are gasket alignment inserts. You should have four, probably rusted and stuck to the hard as a rock OEM gaskets. I had reused mine, they help keep the gasket in place. Cheers "Retiredff" wrote in message news:QBlNb.7736$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... '91 K1500 350 I got the intake manifold off today, and need to find out if I have a problem that needs to be taken care of. There is a small insert in each of the four holes where the studs go. Two of those inserts came out and are pretty mangled. I can't see that they actually do anything. Are they needed? Maybe used in the original engine assembly to speed production? Thanks, Larry

That explains the prongs on them.

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