oil leak: oil pan gasket

[scirocco_88_16v@hotmail.com (Brian Wagner)]

General when installing a new gasket cork or rubber, it is advisable to pop
the bolt holes with a ballpeen hammer (sealing surface out). The reason you
do this is because the hole the bolt goes through deforms towards the more
ridig object (head or block) the deformation no matter how small cause a
high spot on the sealing surface or a pinch not allowing for a good seal. I
learned this when I worked for DANA corp. On a similar note only use a thin
layer of gasket sealer on each surface you will get a better seal than apply
a ton and you won't have to worry about squeezing it into critical areas on
the engine and then blocking something up later.

HTH

Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Erickson" <ranahan@charter.net>
To: "dave t" <pearl16v@yahoo.com>; "John Erickson" <ranahan@charter.net>;
"scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: oil leak: oil pan gasket


> If you use loctite, then yes, you need to reapply it. This
> is not an area where you would normally use it, however.
>
> With the gasket you have, I don't know if a re-torque job
> will stop the leak.  I don't think so.  I would suggest a
> liberal coating of Permatex on that gasket.  Or...go buy
> the big thick rubber gasket.
>
> John
>
> dave t <pearl16v@yahoo.com>
> |positive its the gasket. went under there right after
> |i put it on and there it was, a leak at one of the
> |bolts after i let the car warm up for a bit. i didnt
> |use a rubber gasket, it was the thick paper kind, not
> |cork, but not sure if its a composite.
> |
> |im going to try to re-torque it this afternoon. but
> |another question, i used loctite. do i need to
> |re-apply this before i retorque?
> |
> |dave
> |
> |
> |--- John Erickson <ranahan@charter.net> wrote:
> |> Dave,
> |> Which gasket did you use?  Hopefully, it was the
> |> thick
> |> rubber one with the metal core.  I put mine on dry
> |> (no
> |> gasket dealer at all) and it doesn't leak a drop.
> |> Are you
> |> sure its the gasket leaking and not maybe the front
> |> main
> |> oil seal?
> |>
> |>
> |> John
> |> 87 16v
> |> Long Beach
> |>
> |> dave t <pearl16v@yahoo.com>
> |> |i just replaced the oil pan gasket to my 88 16v.
> |> |lightly sealed both sides of the gasket w/ the grey
> |> |stuff. put it on and torqued the bolts to what i
> |> |thought was good. but im having a small leak. do i
> |> |have to redo the job or can i just torque the bolts
> |> to
> |> |spec? over-torque? whats the best approach?
> |> |
>
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