Hey folks...
Parked the family mover one afternoon with no drama, but the wife went to start it the next day, and got nothing but the starter bouncing off of the flywheel. I pulled the starter, and checked it out, it died. After putting the new one in, it still skipped around on the flywheel. I needed to change the oil anyway, so I jacked it back up, and pulled the drain plug to find coolant in the oilpan. It was still separated, and did not show signs of "milking" up. After the coolant, out cam the old oil....Well...I pulled the plugs and rotated the motor to find there was coolant in the #4 cyl. I have the intake manifold pulled, and noticed the gasket openings to the front two cyls. are extremely deteriorated, and the other 4 look good.

Can anyone confirm that the intake gasket has gone, and not the head gasket? Looks like I got out of getting a busted piston, or worse. I'd really enjoy it if all I have to do is slap a new intake gasket on...THANKS FOR THE INPUT!
Brian in St Louis.....and uh, go Cardinals......