Richgreenster

I am resealing my oil pan and just want to ask what you guys are using to seal it.
I have read Clarks Garage and he gives 3 options:
1. Porsche stuff at $100 a pop
2. Ultra Gray
3. Dry or Nothing at all

The Porsche manual says to use the porsche stuff only at the corners.

Please only post if you know for a fact what you or someone else sealed your non-leaking 5000+ mile oil pan with.
I as well as who else this will help down the road really do not want to redo the job again.
Thanks in advanced

P.S. Porsches Rock!

95ONE

only need it in the corners.. I use fancy grey stuff.. Hondabond. hasn't leaked since install.. 2 years ago? 3? im cheating a little ... maybe 500 miles worth.

CurtP

I used Yamabond 4 on both sides of the gasket, all the way around. It was a messy PITA to install, but it hasn't leaked a drop since.

Chris White

For a 'street' car all you need is a little RTV at the corners.
For a track car that will have a the rod beargins inspected at regulaer intervals I 'glue' the enigine block side of the gasket in place with weather strip adhesive (nothing on the pan side). That way you can pull the pan later and the gasket will stay in place.

ninefiveone

Chris - Just regular old weather strip adhesive you can get at a Home Depot?

Lemming

Ultra gray in the corners only. I think the trick is to tighten the bolts properly using the method on Clark's site.


Great trick, thanks!

Richgreenster

What do you mean by "the corners". Just a small pea size or are you fanning it out about 1-2 inches?

Chris White

Get the stuff in a tube from NAPA. Its a contact type cement - you coat both sides. Once it place it ain't moving!!!

And yes - just a small pea sized drop in the corner for the other sealant!

Chris White

Get the stuff in a tube from NAPA. Its a contact type cement - you coat both sides. Once it place it ain't moving!!!

And yes - just a small pea sized drop in the corner for the other sealant!

Richgreenster

Thanks again Chris.

Richgreenster

for the next guy that has to redo his oil pan gasket. Do not cover the entire gasket with some sort of black RTV sealant. It will not hold!! I wish machine shops would do their job right. It sure would have saved me a lot of time.

P.S. look at my strange hole post to see what else they left out.
https://rennlist.com/forums/944-turb...ange-hole.html

951Saga

FYI, I am on my second pan gasket job within 500mi., yes same car. The first time I put the pan in position, the gasket hoop that goes under the rear main seal area slid inside the pan and was pinched by the channel on the block. 500 mi later the gasket was tearing near the right rear corner and nicely coating the cars underside with oil.

When the second gasket arrived I noticed the hoop portions of the gasket when in the package were folded inward and really wanted to stay that way. I laid the gasket out on a table, wrapped a paper towel piece around the hoop and then taped around the paper towel to the table bending the hoop outward and left it like that for a week until my other parts arrived. The gasket held its shape much better.

Call me lazy if you’d like cause I also installed the LR three piece cross member and cross over pipe. No more pulling the intake for the cross over pipe, supporting the motor, dropping the front suspension and having an alignment the next time.

Richgreenster

In no way are you lazy, That is how porsche should have built it in the first place.