Um… what? That crap isn’t going anywhere. My lower oil pan looked exactly like the OP’s pics when I had it done 10k+ miles ago. It looks the same today:
Whatever. It's not mine.Um… what? That crap isn’t going anywhere. My lower oil pan looked exactly like the OP’s pics when I had it done 10k+ miles ago. It looks the same today:
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I’m not saying for certain that the inside is fine, just addressing the idea that the large amount of excess on the outside will “not stay put” and will be “all over” in a few thousand miles.
When RTV became all the rage for engine sealing in the 80s, we started to find it in the pan, the valley, and in the heads when working on engines. The bits and pieces were getting into everything. An engine is a bit of a meat grinder. Nothing is static in an engine. Any pieces that fall off and make their way to the pan, eventually get pulverIzed by the rotating parts and/or sucked up against or thru the pickup screen. A lot of engine mechanics stopped using it and went back to traditional methods. I did too. But once mechanics started using it in a more controlled manner, RTV started showing some advantages. Where and how a sealer is used is as important as what you use. I still have a certain love-hate feeling about RTV. This same story of concerns played out for similar reasons with a product called Hylomar years before the silicone surge.
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To save $ most likely and/or avoid waiting on a gasket.
