FWC_Bronco
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Hi Everyone,
I thought I would share my experience with this gasket.
Instructions specify NO rtv. I followed the directions and torqued to spec. Idled up to op temp and was leak free until I took it for a test drive. After returning I noticed a steady drip from the front "valley" part of the pan.
Initially, I thought I had a bad gasket, or it wasn't making a great seal so I grudgingly tore everything down again. I warrantied out the first gasket and reinstalled. Same results... At this point I'm thinking I have a warped pan or shouldn't be working on vehicles
. In frustration I scoured the threads for info. Miesk posted a TB regarding dotting the corners.
Oil leaks drive me crazy so I pulled everything apart again. I applied rtv to the corners as shown (including the optional area) and so far no leaks! I did not apply rtv where timing cover attaches to the block but It didn't seem to leak there.
I wanted to believe that nice permadry gasket wouldn't require rtv but I was misguided.
Regards,
I thought I would share my experience with this gasket.
Instructions specify NO rtv. I followed the directions and torqued to spec. Idled up to op temp and was leak free until I took it for a test drive. After returning I noticed a steady drip from the front "valley" part of the pan.
Initially, I thought I had a bad gasket, or it wasn't making a great seal so I grudgingly tore everything down again. I warrantied out the first gasket and reinstalled. Same results... At this point I'm thinking I have a warped pan or shouldn't be working on vehicles
. In frustration I scoured the threads for info. Miesk posted a TB regarding dotting the corners.Oil leaks drive me crazy so I pulled everything apart again. I applied rtv to the corners as shown (including the optional area) and so far no leaks! I did not apply rtv where timing cover attaches to the block but It didn't seem to leak there.
I wanted to believe that nice permadry gasket wouldn't require rtv but I was misguided.
Regards,
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