Best sealant for oil pan?

[1badgtx]

Seems like i,m constantly chasing oil leaks in my pan...With two pan gaskets one for the pan and one for the windage tray i keep getting little leaks...What kind of sealant do you guys use?
Petty Blue 67 GTX

 

[1badgtx]

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[Stumper]

Thought I had replied to your post earlier but it's not showing up ..... anyway my earlier response was only stating that this was a good question that I also hope to get some answers on. I have the same problem with mine.

 

[67 B-body]

I like to use the rubber pan gaskets with sealer at the joint areas, like timing cover, rear main seal housing. Also make sure your pan isn't dimpled around the bolt holes. Often people just put the pan back on without checking the condition of this area first. A large dia drift or a small deep wall socket can be used to get the surface back to a true flat condition. Along with the obvious "correct tightening sequence, and even amounts of torque" I have had lots of luck sealing these things up.

 

[Meep-Meep]

The Right Stuff these days. As a matter of fact on the 440 I recently built I put a thin bead of that on the block followed by a gasket, followed by another bead, then the windage tray and another bead then the pan. Yes, I forgot the second gasket!! And it didn't occur to me until I saw it hanging on something after I had it all buttoned up. Duh!! But guess what? No leak. I use the cork gaskets and massage the pan back into shape as mentioned above but do not over tighten! With the double gaskets you can easily squish out the area under the bolt and break the gasket. Also, trim the timing cover gasket flush with the block so it doesn't cut the pan gasket.

 

[1badgtx]

Cool!!!Thanks guys...The right stuff i,ll get me some of that...I knew that there was something better on the market..I wonder if my neighbor Chuck Yeager would have some???He drives a chevy...He had the right stuff a long time ago!!
Petty Blue 67 GTX

 

[67 B-body]

Cool!!!Thanks guys...The right stuff i,ll get me some of that...I knew that there was something better on the market..I wonder if my neighbor Chuck Yeager would have some???He drives a chevy...He had the right stuff a long time ago!!
Petty Blue 67 GTX

He also has a Mustang,,,,, a P51-D mustang that is!!!!! Very nice aircraft!

 

[1badgtx]

He still has one in the hanger at the airport...Yet he doesn,t fly it as often as his piper cub...
Petty Blue 67 gTX

 

[67 B-body]

He still has one in the hanger at the airport...Yet he doesn,t fly it as often as his piper cub...
Petty Blue 67 gTX

He flew the stang out to Dayton Oh for the 100th ann. of flight celebration.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

The Right Stuff these days. As a matter of fact on the 440 I recently built I put a thin bead of that on the block followed by a gasket, followed by another bead, then the windage tray and another bead then the pan. Yes, I forgot the second gasket!! And it didn't occur to me until I saw it hanging on something after I had it all buttoned up. Duh!! But guess what? No leak. I use the cork gaskets and massage the pan back into shape as mentioned above but do not over tighten! With the double gaskets you can easily squish out the area under the bolt and break the gasket. Also, trim the timing cover gasket flush with the block so it doesn't cut the pan gasket.

i agree, right stuff by permatex. only downfall is it's a bear to get the pan off with it. buy the felpro blue oil pan gasket and put a bead of the right stuff on the pan 1st. let it dry overnight and then in the morning, a little grease on the other side to the block and just snug down not too tight. no leaks ever.

 

[1wild&crazyguy]

RTV black or ''The Right Stuff''

A really clean almost scuffed surface is what holds to sealant the best.