Schocki

They finally arrived today: my new oil pan gaskets
Thes are made out of 100% high temperature silicone and are guaranteed for life! I use those on my 911 on the valve covers and chain housing and my engine is leak free for now 4 years!

ROG100 was so nice and loan me a brand new factory gasket. I got in contact with Harold at REALGASKETS and informed him about our oil pan gasket design that was never improved by the factory. He is selling his gaskets for years for car, motorcycles and aircraft with great success.

He agreed to try to manufacture a custom gasket for me if I can provide a sample. He scanned the gasket in and converted it into a flow jet readable file. The quality is awesome and is far better than the original. The gasket has to be installed dry and without any glues. Install the gasket dry and torque the bolts to 25 lbs/inch and you're done. I will install my gasket as soon as I have time and will only use some Loctite for the bolts to prevent that they become lose after years of vibrations.

The gasket is sightly thinner than the original 4mm vs 3.1mm but that is the only difference in regards to the dimensions.

The gasket costs $ 29.95 plus shipping and I think this is an acceptable price for such a high quality product. I'm not affilliated with his company but I had never any problems with my re-useable gaskets, they are just worth their money!

airosey

Thats awesome, that's been one of the things on my to-do list. Great post! Definitely a product I would like to try out.

DANdeMAN

Thanks for the lead...

G Man

Looks great! How about trans pans. Any chance of having the trans gasket reproduced?

Jim_H

The tranny gasket works great, nice thick rubber. I can't see it being improved.

Jim_H

Aren't you worried about them breaking?

G Man

Thanks Jim. I learned something new today.

BC

Where do I sign up.

FlyingDog

I had to read that twice. 25 inlbs would be just over 2 ftlbs.

SharkSkin

Great find, Schocki... please keep us posted -- the thinner gasket might allow some bolts to bottom, but if not, it seems like a great upgrade! Did you discuss matching the thickness with him?

Vilhuer

Great idea. They seem to have website.

I plan to put spacer like shown in Ott's page. This requires two gaskets and having thinner ones allow better control for the height of the package.

Ispeed

This is great. Roger told me about this last year, but I had no info.
Big thumbs up!!

marton

if it is made of silicone rubber as mentioned in the web site, do you think it would be flexible enough to fit it without lifting the motor? Just undo the bolts, let the pan drop down as far as possible, cut out the old gasket and just work the new one gently around the pan. I would start with the wide side, get that as far into the gap between pan and motor as possible to give some freedom and then try to get one side and far corner over the pan, then it should be OK. I guess the big problem would to avoid cutting it on the sides of the pan which are quite sharp. That would be a big benefit.

Would some hero like to try it before I buy one?

Marton

Vilhuer

It is possible to install factory seal without cutting and lifting the engine. It's probably not any easier or harder that this version.

Schocki

To answer some questions:

1. The material is 1/8'' thick or 3.1mm there was no other material available.
2. I use a slightly higher torque on my 911, 25 pound/inch equals to 3 NM. The valve cover gaskets that he sells are torqued with 3-5 NM ad work great.
3. I will put the gasket on as soon as I find the time, if the bolts bottom out I can still use washers or shorten the bolt by 0.9 mm. But if you look at some old collapsed cork gaskets it should be fine. The silicone rubber does not collapse that much over time.
4. It's not a great find! I talked to the owner and he made those for me/us. If the gasket works good and I know from my previous experience that it will, he deserves our support just like other companies that support us and try to improve our cars.