17prospective buyer

So, i know the silicone oil pan gasket is fairly thick and therefore must deform considerably to aid in it's good sealing characteristics over the existing cork gasket. However, on my pan there seemed to be a couple casting defects with regards to certain oil pan bolt bosses/holes being too large. My pan has two of these where they've pressed in a plastic bushing to "shim" the hole back to proper diameter. They aren't very tightly pressed in.

So i want to know whether i should use a sealant on the perimeter of those bolt holes with the plastic bushings? Type of sealant would be helpful obviously.

Ducman82

install dry.

17prospective buyer

Alright, sounds good to me.

Ducman82

the pan will align just fine with out the strange bushings.... worked fine for me without them

17prospective buyer

Alright sounds good. I'm almost ready to put the pan back on, just need the gaskets for the oil level sender unit and that blank cover. Matter of fact do you know what that cover is there for? I was thinking it'd be a good location for an oil temperature sensor to rig up a gauge in the center console.

Ducman82

Plate is there to block off where the old oil fill/ breather hook up was on older cars. Oil temp would not work to well there... Would it be constant submerged? Be great for an oil return line....

Mrmerlin

The plastic bushings are there to hold the bolts in to facilitate installing the pan,
these would be the bolts that get started first
dont add any sealant to the bolts, though a drop pf blue locktite wouldnt hurt
the bushings should also be installed dry