Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:42 am
Paying 100$ for rubber is way too expensive.
A engine rebuild cost much more than that. If the old ones are leaking, this can cause the engine to run lean, and hot and burn something, like, say a piston, or valve. I have seen good used ones on Ebay for about 1/4 the cost of new if you want to go that route. I know someone who had a bad valve, and we figured it was probably from a leaking intake rubber.
Greg O.