'03 Malibu - blown gasket due to dexcool

[IsaacHayes]

I didn't on my first LIM replacement, and had no issues. If you are worried re-torque them in the proper sequence with a torque wrench of course after a while and see if they changed.

[Z26-T]

The new GM LIM gasket sets are supposed to come with new bolts that already have blue threadlocker on them. I've used both (gm and felpro) and personally like the metalic Felpro ones. Almost all the gaskets I've replaced, or have watched people replace at work it because the plastic breaks, rarely is from the actual sealing material. The last one I did was leaking where the dex was starting to corrode away the LIM itself (but this dex was mixed with the green stuff, so that's probably a good possibility why it was corroding).

Yeah, you guys all love the green stuff... it's better, always worked, blah blah. But you guys probably still use blue RTV and 10W/40. Permatex themselves don't recommend using the blue rtv on anything, it's just there for all the ol' folks who grew up with it and don't know anything else.

Reason yours go bad Isaac is all the miles you put on your poor beretta . Gotta open the hood once in awhile and let the poor ol' horse breathe

[PCGUY112887]

I got my new gaskets for my 3500 straight from GM, no bolts included.

The new GM LIM gasket sets are supposed to come with new bolts that already have blue threadlocker on them. I've used both (gm and felpro) and personally like the metalic Felpro ones. Almost all the gaskets I've replaced, or have watched people replace at work it because the plastic breaks, rarely is from the actual sealing material. The last one I did was leaking where the dex was starting to corrode away the LIM itself (but this dex was mixed with the green stuff, so that's probably a good possibility why it was corroding).

Yeah, you guys all love the green stuff... it's better, always worked, blah blah. But you guys probably still use blue RTV and 10W/40. Permatex themselves don't recommend using the blue rtv on anything, it's just there for all the ol' folks who grew up with it and don't know anything else.

Reason yours go bad Isaac is all the miles you put on your poor beretta . Gotta open the hood once in awhile and let the poor ol' horse breathe

[bszopi]

Yeah, pretty sure that the bolts are separate on GM parts as well as Fel-Pro. I know the Dorman kit does come with the bolts though. The revised tightening procedure TSB talks about the bolts and gives a separate PN for them from the gaskets.

[Z26-T]

Read the bulletin last week and bought the kit last week as well and it came with the bolts. The LIM gasket kit part # is 19169127. Inlcudes 4 long and 4 short.