oil leak: oil pan gasket

[indiana_red@hotmail.com (Ken Bates)]

That sounds like an excelent tip.  I will be doing this soon on my caddy.
Rubber/metal one availiable for the 1.6 diesel ?

Ken
'79 Scirocco 16v project "McFly"
"...it's working...It's Working...!!"
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Wagner" <scirocco_88_16v@hotmail.com>
To: "John Erickson" <ranahan@charter.net>; "dave t" <pearl16v@yahoo.com>;
"scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: oil leak: oil pan gasket


> 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