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What is the purpose of an intake gasket in a 97 gmc truck?

April 26, 2017Gasket GMC intake purpose truck

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What is the purpose of an intake gasket in a 97 gmc truck?

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An intake gasket on your vehicle and every other on the road for that matter is to seal the air flow chamber (intake manifold) on fuel injected cars. Since cars have a mass air flow sensor that helps to determine the right amount of fuel for the amount of air that that enters the engine, if there is no gasket, un-metered air can and will enter the combustion chamber, causing the vehicle to run lean, possibly set a code (check engine light), and have running problems.