if its a v6 and you take your time. it takes about 6-8 hours, depending on how fast you work !
jaguar 2001 Lower Engine Intake Manifold Gasket
Remove the intake manifold retaining bolts on your 2003 Chevrolet Malibu. The manifold will come off. Remove the manifold gasket and clean the surface. Put the new manifold gasket on and reverse the process.
Pretty straight forward. You must remove the intake manifold in order to replace the gasket.
It is between $65-$85 for the gaskets.
What engine? and ensure it is a bad gasket, not an intake plentum.
if its a 3.1, the possibility is the intake manifold gasket!!
there is no upper intake gasket, only a front and rear
Intake manifold gasket
The head gasket on a 1999 Chevy Malibu is replaced by removing the coolant, intake manifold, and retaining bolts. The cylinder head can then be removed, the gasket replaced, and everything reassembled.
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Yes, you must install a new intake manifold gasket.
Irratic idling condition is indication of intake/inlet manifold gasket leak. Change gasket immediately. This particularly applies to EFI engines. Newaz.