The other day i cleaned out my friends iacv and he had a gasket behind it. Ive cleaned out mine a bunch of times and never once saw a gasket. I also used the search function and found that some people have it and some dont. Should I buy one for the hell of it? Car runs and idles fine. btw we both has 97's made 2 months apart and i know for a fact ive never had a gasket behind there. Thanks

 

If everything is fine why waste money on something you dont need.

 

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

 

Cost a 1 dollar to replace at dealership..

 

It sound have a gasket...

-matt

 

words of wisdom

 

well eventually i will take it off again to clean it and a few bucks for a gasket aint gonna send me to the poor house....i was wondering if more 97's or any maxes for that matter had the gasket or didnt

 

I just cleaned mine today and there's a gasket there.

I did mine for the first time and oh man, does that help a great deal with throttle response.

 

Yea, there's a gasket. Usually gaskets are there to allow the metal to expand and contract with hot and cold temperatures. The fact is that the gasket will eliminate as many voids between both metal surfaces.

 

weird part is ive cleaned a few of them and only my friends had the gasket but i think im gonna go pick on up this week and put it on......it definatly cant harm anything doing it and it just makes me feel all warm inside knowing theres a gasket their