New oil pan gasket leaking
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New oil pan gasket leaking
Not that long ago I replaced my old oil pan gasket with a new my honda habit oil pan gasket since my old one was leaking pretty bad. I've always noticed a burning oil type smell though since I've done it and I've tried to wipe down all the old burnt oil that was sitting around and today I looked under my car and notice the gasket is still leaking but it seems to be leaking from the oil pan bolts right near the flywheel cover. Now when I replaced the gasket I used liquid gasket only in the areas specified by the instructions and I had to literally scrape off the old gasket because it was like glued to the oil pan and it would just crack and break offevery 2 inches or so when I pulled on it. The oil pan hardware was also tightened in a 2 step sequence. Does anyone know what could be causing this leak? Is my oil pan junk or something and just not siting flush how it should be with the gasket?
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can you take a pic ? how "bad" is it puddle underneath the car or just sliming the engine/oil pan. i'd say put some rtv on if it's not to bad new pan maybe
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i'd say take some de-greaser to it let it sit/drive it around unless you've already cleaned it could could be leaking from somewhere else also.
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Re: New oil pan gasket leaking
the old gasket split and hardened and it was that new? that sounds like the gasket, why are you using an aftermarket gasket? get a factory one
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Re: New oil pan gasket leaking
Where would I see the oil trail if it was the rear main seal? I'll take the flywheel cover off tomorrow and take a look. It doesn't leak much but whenever I come to a stop or I have he heat/ac on and come to a stop I can smell burning oil.
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How tight did you tighten the bolts? They're only supposed to be torqued to 7lbft
And if you knew just how little that was, you'd probably be in shock. It's hardly anything at all. The cam caps are torqued just as much, and you can break them all loose with hardly a finger on a 1/2in driver.
And if you knew just how little that was, you'd probably be in shock. It's hardly anything at all. The cam caps are torqued just as much, and you can break them all loose with hardly a finger on a 1/2in driver.
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Re: New oil pan gasket leaking
The my honda habit oil pan gasket isn't rubber so I know it's not crushed. I'll take a look at it eventually.
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Re: New oil pan gasket leaking
I just read up on their site, too much over engineering for a simple gasket, if the pcv valve is working right, and a bunch of blowby pressure isnt building up in the pan, there is no "pressure" to blow out the gasket
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Re: New oil pan gasket leaking
if you install the OEM gasket right, they work just fine, thats just a way to get a crazy price for an over engineered over priced gasket, and so far it's not better because it's leaking oil everywhere. I've installed more factory gaskets then I can count, and they work just fine if it's done right
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if you install the OEM gasket right, they work just fine, thats just a way to get a crazy price for an over engineered over priced gasket, and so far it's not better because it's leaking oil everywhere. I've installed more factory gaskets then I can count, and they work just fine if it's done right
Even if your gasket is some super composite whatchamacallit material, it's still bad to overtorque the oil pan bolts.
btw, that oil pan gasket costs as much as a felpro MLS headgasket...that's just WAY too much for something like that.
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Re: New oil pan gasket leaking
The gasket isn't torqued down a crazy amount. I'll take a look around to see what's possibly leaking and if anything I'll replace the oil pan gasket with an oem one or similar.