xxxtreme22r

after you get that oil pan on you can come up here and change out my oil pan gasket for me. ENGNBLDR Rock gasket not doing well at all and I got only about 2000 miles on it.

92 TOY

was it cork or otherwise....

break out the FIPG......

xxxtreme22r

cork. grrrrr

92 TOY

without me re-reading all the specs on the 1987 oil pan.....can you get away with an FIPG kinda fix?

that is a damm shame, considering what a pain in the Dartos Tunic (hehehehe) it is to access the pan.

xxxtreme22r

I am gonna try the fipgish (rtv) fix, but I had already rtv'd it. maybe I wasn't supposed to in the first place or used the wrong color? I always forget which color rtv to use where. Fuel, water, oil etc etc.

92 TOY

I'm thinking black is black.....I insisted on using the Toyota FIPG because I really don't want to do that part again......I'm gonna assume Black RTV is the equivalent to it though.

92 TOY

87 calls for a gasket???

i see them advertised and I think i saw that in the Hayne's.....but, OY!

xxxtreme22r

If I rememer right, mine had a gasket (was not cork) and that oem gasket was held in place by some beads that were run of either black or dark grey FIPG.

I might have had the oil pan bolts torqued down too much as well I don't know. The torque specs on those tiny bolts are real low though. And remember also I had to take this pan off from the beginning twice. That I am sure didn't help matters either.

92 TOY

it's like 8 or 9ft/lbs.

took a pic of the page, not sure if it's readable...have the book right here...Chilton's 1970 to 1988 repair manual...

92 TOY

sorry...no good

92 TOY

try again...

yotarob2005

I put my oil pan on with only silicone, used "the right stuff" from Napa. The stuff works great but is a little pricey!

92 TOY

good point...i'm gonna go out on a limb and say you are probably as safe if not safer just using the sealer stuff.

yotarob2005

Neither the FSM or my Chilton say to use a gasket, they give a procedure to fill the little grooves on the pan with FIPG. Napa does offer a gasket, but it looked cheap to me so I decided against it.

mightymouse

iTrader: (6)

I ended up going with the gasket and have yet to find a leak. That was last year and to be honest the gasket made life easier. I think it was a felpro.

92 TOY

my imagination does not serve me well in trying to figure out how to place a gasket on that.... it's a 1-piece right?? so you have to get that pan clear of the strainer and all that just to fit a new one on....versus dropping the pan enough and giving due-diligence to cleaning it up and using the right amount of spooge on it.

92 TOY

hey MIGHTYMOUSE....where the hell have you been?

Hi TOYOSPEARO...saw ya peekin'

92 TOY

and to anybody else don't ever hesitate to post here...even if it's not relevant to current events

mightymouse

iTrader: (6)

Yeah it was one piece but i had my pan off completely to clean it. When it came to installing the gasket it was a snap. i just placed it on the pan and snugged it up. It might be a pain in the butt if your's is hard to wiggle into place.

1990yota-pickup

any high temp silcone should work...

i keep a calk tube in stock just for those type of occassions