I glued the rear cork oil pan seal to the block/cap last night, and put the oil pan on it to hold it down over night. Today when I removed the pan to put the rest of the gasket on, I noticed that there must have been some oil in the pan because the gasket had oil on a section of it. It is not soaked with oil, but does appear to have soaked some up into the gasket.
My question is when I glue the pan to the gasket/block, will the Permatex Ultra Grey I'm using stick to the section of the gasket that has some oil soaked into it? Do I need to replace the gasket and start over?
Spoke with Permatex today and here's what they said.
1. Ultra Grey will not stick to an oil infused cork gasket. 2. Ultra Grey will fill a .25in void, and in fact can be built up to a great extent by building on top of itself. 3. Application method recommended...lay a bead of RTV down, gently set the pan on and bolt down finger tight (point to which the RTV begins to squeeze out slightly). After 1 hour cure time tighten 1/4 to 1/2 turns and you're done. After the 1 hour cure time Ultra Grey has filmed over enought that it will not squeez out, thus keeping it from getting into the motor.
Spoke with Permatex today and here's what they said.
1. Ultra Grey will not stick to an oil infused cork gasket. 2. Ultra Grey will fill a .25in void, and in fact can be built up to a great extent by building on top of itself. 3. Application method recommended...lay a bead of RTV down, gently set the pan on and bolt down finger tight (point to which the RTV begins to squeeze out slightly). After 1 hour cure time tighten 1/4 to 1/2 turns and you're done. After the 1 hour cure time Ultra Grey has filmed over enought that it will not squeez out, thus keeping it from getting into the motor.
Thanks
I used Permatex 30 yrs ago on my pan. I applied it just like the manufacture recommended and it held and provided a great seal all those years and it made pulling off the cork gasket a cake walk!
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