Well..............
A few weeks ago I told you about a buddy of mines thats learning how to work on his own engine.He buttoned it up and poured water into the radiator and said he noticed it starting leaking out the front and rear ports. I don't know what kind of gaskets he used but he said he did not use sealant around the water ports. He took the aluminum intake off and noticed there was water in the valley which means some got down into the oil pan. He didn't start the engine.
Can he install new gaskets with rtv sealant and start over or since there's water in the engine does it need a tear down?

 

make sure there is no water in the pan drain it., rtv is mandatory around the water ports and use it lightly around the intake ports you dont want that in your cylinders ., i personally would ditch the turkey tray or valley pan and use the composite gaskets same rules apply to all intake gaskets lay beads arond the water ports and smear lightly around the intake ports and dicth the rubber ends use straight rtv those rubber end seals always leak