oil pan question

[matias88e30]

Whats up! i have a boosted e30 and the oil pan its leaking, is there any good silicone i can use to seal it, or just replace oil pan gasket AGAIN?
any suggestions would help!. Thanks in advance
Matias.

[Pussy30]

Get a good gasket, ptex it up, and torque it down correctly.

[240zs30]

why not just replace it? I have one and I'm local.

[matias88e30]

i have a spare oil pan a a new gasket already. Thanks tho bro ^^

waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles30: any good silicone u would recommend? i dont want to use the cheap auto parts one, bad experience with it already

[MR 325]

Use a paper gasket, not cork. Do not use silicone!!

[YeOldeBuggy]

Id say you should figure out why your gasket keeps leaking. You're not pressurizing your valve cover and oil pan, I hope?

Thad.

[matias88e30]

MR325: i used the cork gasket, where can i get the paper one?.. and i was thinking about silicone cause a guy tolde me that i could use some toyota silicone that its good, but not sure about it. Thanks!

YEOLDEBUGGY:ill make sure everything its tight once im ready to get everything back together

[brianpgriset]

Permatex Aviation Form-a-Gasket plus good quality paper gasket... thats what I did no problems yet.

[xwill112x]

Permatex grey silicon will work perfect, and cheapp. stuff is dynamite.

[xwill112x]

Permatex Aviation Form-a-Gasket plus good quality paper gasket... thats what I did no problems yet.

Not supposed to use gasket and permatex. Recently sat thru a permatex presentation and they specificly said not to.

[brianpgriset]

Not supposed to use gasket and permatex. Recently sat thru a permatex presentation and they specificly said not to.

TDS from permatex website specifically says solid gasket dressing under applications:

http://www.permatex.com/documents/tds/Automotive/80018.pdf

Beats me. I've used it for several years no problems.

[xwill112x]

They said that it could potentially not bond with some types of gasket material..so they recomended to use one or the other..not both. lol

[matias88e30]

They said that it could potentially not bond with some types of gasket material..so they recomended to use one or the other..not both. lol

I agree^, but thanks for the tip though!, where can i get that aviation silicone? or just go with the paper gasket?

[xwill112x]

I agree^, but thanks for the tip though!, where can i get that aviation silicone? or just go with the paper gasket?

Permatex's grey silicon is good stuff. prob the same or better.

[matias88e30]

Permatex's grey silicon is good stuff. prob the same or better.

Thanks for the help, ill see what can i do