I did some searching and didnt find anything. Anyone ever have an issue with the oil pan gasket forming a leak? Some of the bolts holding the pan get little drops of oil forming on them and the gasket area itself looks a little "oily". The car has 185k miles so i figure that gasket must have some kind of lifespan. Any thoughts? I am getting some minor oil drips on driveway but only after the car sits overnight.
Oil Pan Gasket Leak?
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joegr
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I have heard of one or two with this problem. Fortunately, it couldn't be any easier to change the V8 oil pan gasket. However, you do need to tighten the bolts in the correct sequence to the correct amount.
http://deneau.info/ls/s6x~us~en~file=s6x31022.htm~gen~ref.htm
http://deneau.info/ls/s6x~us~en~file=s6x31022.htm~gen~ref.htm
LeaSr77
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I'm going to bring this thread back up. I had an oil pan leak some months ago. I bought an Fel Pro gasket and changed it out. I don't drive the LS everyday but it's done started to leak again. I followed the instructions from the above post when I changed the gasket the first time. I also don't think I did the stage 2 torque and I sheared one of the heads off one of the bolts. The pan is back leaking and has been for some time. So my question is this, if I take the pan back off, extract the broken bolt, replace and retorque everthing to the correct specs do I need to put some type of sealant on the pan? I didn't when I changed the gasket the first time but now that I need to correct this so I'm asking do I need to put some type of sealant or just torque the bolts to the correct settings?
joegr
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In your case, I would put some sealant. There's a good chance that the pan is slightly warped from being over-torqued, and then from running with one of the bolts missing. Be sure to tighten in the sequence specified.
LeaSr77
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Thanks Joe. What type of sealant do you suggest?
joegr
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I've had good luck with this.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/d...h_gasket+sealers_-1_-1&keyword=gasket+sealers
I'm sure there are other choices too.
I like to apply it and then snug things up good, wait about an hour or two, then torque the bolts (in pattern) to spec.