Blue Loctite on Oil Pan Bolts?

[GOT8SPD]

Recently I changed my oil pan gasket and found the car was losing more oil than before after it. I went back, checked all the bolts, and all of them are slightly loose now.

Can I just take the bolts out, add loctite, and put them back in, or do i need to use a new oil pan gasket? It's the OE BMW cork gasket

SHOULD I even add loctite to the bolts?

Thanks.

[MR 325]

There is no reason to locktite the bolts. Just make sure they're tight.

[ELVA164]

The cork will squish a little when it's first installed. That's probably the source of the loosening.

[ebox86]

Is anything like gasket maker or some type of sealant recommended on top of the cork or is just the cork gasket fine?

[JUNGLISTluder]

Just did this to my car the other day. Installed a new oil pan last fall and found oil all over my skid plate recently. Removed the skid plate and all the oil pan bolts were .25-.5 turn loose from the engine virbration and intial gasket shrinkage. I retorqued them all without removing or locktiting them and I haven't seen the problem return.

[meengreene30]

I always try to find paper oil pan gaskets, hate the cork ones. Use a little RTV at the corner areas. In a week or so i check to make sure the bolts are tight.

[GOT8SPD]

Is anything like gasket maker or some type of sealant recommended on top of the cork or is just the cork gasket fine?

I was suggested by iwantspeed to use Gasgacinch

http://www.amazon.com/Edelbrock-9300...ords=gasacinch

I'm going to re-torque the bolts that I'm able to get to and hopefully the puddle goes away

[GOT8SPD]

thanks everyone for the comments.

[digger]

i would use a flexible sealer/silicone on the interfaces once they are meticulously cleaned, lightly/snug install bolts until sealer has fully cured, then tighten it the rest of the way after curing.

since the bolt grip length is short and the joint is a flexible one it can relax a bit when heat cycled and the bolts may loosen somewhat so check it after use