Resealing the Oil Pan

You might just simply make sure the bolts are snug as they sometime loosen with age. (they do not need to be real tight either)

----------------- The SnoMan

Good point. Thanks for that.

I did a search on this and it seems what might contribute to making resealing a PITA is four of the pan bolts are inaccessible because of a pulley. Can anyone attest to this?

Ye gads! Good design. I suppose you have to pull the eng>

Correct the pulley has to be pulled and the pans usually leak near the transmission in the pans radius. Not sure why they think it's so hard to remove RTV. On a side note I've given up on Permatex to seal anything anymore. The only RTV I use anymore is made by McKanica. I squirted a dab of all my RTV's onto a clean stainless steel surface and it was the only RTV with real grip. The black Permatex just flung off like crap.

nope, just go in through the wheel well to remove the pulley.

Hell I'd do that pan for $150us ;)

I should have mentioned, this is an automatic. Does it make a difference on the degree of difficulty?

I suppose the service writer didn't have the whole picture on why it's so costly. He probably didn't know what you have to remove to get to all the bolts.

What is the pan like? Is it cast or formed?

I'd take you up on that if I could!

I agree on the permatex, it is not what it used to be 30 years ago. I use the black RTV sealant as I have found it to be the best overall with the high temp orange a close second or even better in some cases.

----------------- The SnoMan

Isn't RTV silicone? Gasoline dissolves silicone, turns it to something mushy gummy and gooey like rubber cement. I can't imagine oil would be any better on it. But I could be wrong.

There are RTV products that are designed to be resistant to solvents and oil. A number of manufacturers use RTV for things like sealing transmission pans these days without any gasket whatsoever. Though, I've never seen that with a crankcase pan.

Cheers,