oil leak: oil pan gasket

[ranahan@charter.net (John Erickson)]

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?
|> |