[TR] Fwd: Oil Pan Leak

[Brian Jones]

I followed the method in the VTR maintenance section, except I used Permatex
to bond the gasket to the pan, left to set overnight. I then used Hylomar on
the gasket-to-block face so that I could easily get the pan off again and
had no risk of goop in the pan causing mischief.

I took care to straighten the pan lip first. My pan had been heavily
over-tightened by the DPO and his answer was to use masses of orange rubbery
goop to close the gaps on the distorted pan lip. He failed. The VTR page:
 http://www.vtr.org/maintain/oil-pan-gasket.shtml

Brian Jones


On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com> wrote:

> That's what I use as well.  Permatex brand is what the local Farm and Fleet
> carries.  I still leave a trail of oil, but not from the oil pan flange.
>
> - Tony Drews
>
> At 01:57 PM 10/27/2009, STEVE STERN wrote:
>
>> Subject: Re: [TR] Oil Pan Leak
>>
>> "I cured my oil pan leaks by installing the gasket with black RTV. This is
>> a
>> silicone gasket maker. I only used the RTV on the area outside of the bolt
>> holes to prevent it from getting into my oil system. No more leaks."
>>
>> I second it! I've been using RTV adhesive and/or gasket maker on all paper
>> and
>> cork gaskets since the 70s without a leak.
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
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