If U pulled your Motronic intake manifold..
 

...and didn't fing any apparent gasket damage, would U replace the gaskets or apply a little permatex and be done with it? The engine is in the car. these gaskets are a major PITA!
Reason for pulling intake was twofold... binding on the throttle bellcrank that sits on top of the motor under the intake and secondly,hoping for a sucked in gasket. tia.

I would put new ones on. They are cheap and you have done all the hard work. Also use a 320 grit or finer sandpaper and sand the insulators flat. Did all the above during my rebuild. JMHO :cool:

the sucked gaskets are usually the bottom ones, under the phenolic spacer.

John,

That's where i am...the gaskets that lie atop the heads, intake is off. They look fine, no gasket material anywhere it shouldn't be but i figured to go ahead and replace them...until i started removing them. cyl 1 has been such a pain i don't even want to think about cyl's 3&6. It would probably be easier to just drop the motor.

Michael,

brother, taking the intake off was cake...cleaning off 21yo gasket around the studs w/o maring the head surface is the hard part. i picked up some Permatex gasket remover but before i start spraying & scraping i thought i'd ask the collective about resealing the head side with some kind of liquid gasket sealer.