Oil Pan Gasket
 

Hello, i know this has been beat to death but can ya'l tell which oil pan gasket works the best. I the blue rubber Fel Pro one now and it leaks very badly. So far i have found the RJC gasket but don;t want to order until i know for sure it is decent. Thanks for your help.

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http://www.rjcracing.com/RJC_Buick_P...s/gaskets.html

Careful! You don't want the RJC one, as it is only for their pan. You want the Duttweiler one that they sell if you are working on an 86/87 motor.

Yes, the blue FelPro ones do suck. One is dumping all over my garage floor at this moment...

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yup, i hate that thing. And to add insult to injury i cannot find a cork gasket anywhere in town. But the RJC one is good to go? Any other decent ones out there? Thx again for your help.

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Has anyone had success with locktite :lock: on their pan bolts?

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Uh...did you read what I said above? Only if you have the RJC pan! Get the Duttweiler gasket for the stock 86/87 pan (if that is what you have) or the one for the 14 bolt pan if you have a 84/85 car.

I see no need to Locktite the pan bolts. They should hold by themselves.

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the felpro cork oil pan gaskets work well.. I have the RJC pan and his gasket.. it seals perfectly...

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...86/bullet3.jpg

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Mercy. :faint:

It's pictures like this that lead to divorce. :drool:

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I understand that completely but RJC is the vendor selling the gasket hence the "RJC one". Thanks for your help. :drive:

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The rubber ones work fine with me. You have to tighten them down to the factory specs which is just barely finger tight. I think it's 14 lb ft or something that small anyway. There is a reason GM put the big thick metal reinforcement around the pan rails. So you dont have to torque the heck out of the gasket. Thats the problem. If the gasket is squishing out the sides than you have it installed too tight. Look under any GM engine built in the last 20 years.(Okay forget about the Northstar for a minute). They all use the same one piece rubber gasket and those heavy reinforcements on the pan rail. And those dont leak. There is a reason for that.

Besides cork is porous and you'll be leaking like the Exxon Valdez if you like to run synthetic oil.