puyi

Hi,

I was in the way of ordering a silicon oil pan gasket in replacement with the OEM. But a friend of mine has had to change his own silocon oil pan gasket because of early failure.

What have you experienced about it reliability?

Thanks for all

Puyi

hacker-pschorr

You still have to clean the surface just like any other gasket and do not torque the living sh*t out of them, they should last a very long time. There are a few out there who have dropped the pan and re-used the same silicon pan gasket, still no leaks.

I've only had mine on a couple of years.

DR

After Shocki discovered the Real Gaskets Silicone Gaskets and told me about them, I became the first vendor to start selling them back in 2005.

So far, I haven't heard of a single complaint or issue with them.

puyi

OK,

As my friend look more at it. It is not really a silicon oil pan gasket but an old cork OEM gasket which has been filled with a "mega shape" of silicon!! I don't understand the mechanics who saved at least $30 in an operation which is far from short time to do!

Thanks for the answers

Regards

Puyi

puyi

Oups! DR, I hop you did not make an heart attack!

Puyi

DR

No worries, even if your failure had been real, one failure is one too many.

But, there is no way one failure in 5 years with hundreds sold is gonna give me a heart attack.

But hundreds of failures certainly would!

RyanPerrella

so lesson learned, JUST BUY A SILICON GASKET, THEY ARE THE CRAP!

hacker-pschorr

Um, do you mean they are the bomb? Or is "crap" the new, sounds bad but really good expression?

RyanPerrella

ok well then here, this is what it was supposed to be

THEY ARE THE CRAP (****)

satisfied mr?

I thought the 4 letter S word was verboten

Brad W

Ryan, Why are they ****?

hacker-pschorr

Gotcha - doesn't quite work the same, A+ for attempted style points.

"The" **** is different than just "****"...

Think back to the 80's when bad was good, if presented the right way.

Brad W

OK I got it. I had to go back and read your post. THE BOMB.
I just put one on my car and everyone swears by them.

Jadz928

Come on guys... keep with the parlence.

The silicone OPG is "the shizzle" or "shiznit" if you prefer.

dprantl

If I was changing any gasket, I would never *ever* intentionally put in something made of cork! Sheesh, the roaring 60's are over dudes!

Dan
'91 928GT S/C 475hp/460lb.ft

SharkSkin

3 years later, my silicon pan gasket is still sealing tight.