Re: Oil pan gasket change gone very bad

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:53:25 EST Captnbr@aol.com writes:
>Well last week I changed it, and a week later I am 1 1/2 quarts low and
there 
>is oil streamed all along the bottom of my car all the way to the
tailpipe.  
>What did I do wrong, all the bolts are tight.  I asked the guy that sold
me 
>the gasket, do I need to use any sealer with this and he said no just
put it 
>on.  So I cleaned all the gunk off the pan and put the new one on. I am
so 
>pissed because what was a one to two drop of oil per week turned into a
1 1/2 
>quart per week leak. ANy hints from anybody who has done this before
will be 
>greatly appreciated.



Theres a few things you didnt mention. 

1) How did you prep the oil pan gasket surface??
2) How did you prep the engine's pan gasket surface??
3) What did you torque the oil pan bolts to??

All 3 of these will have a detrimental or successful result, depending on
what you did or did not do. 


Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi   82' Scirocco GTi   81' "Project Scirocco FSP"
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best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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