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Oil Pan gasket ?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Round Rock Texas
Oil Pan gasket ?
I need some advice/opinions regarding whether to use a gasket or PermaSeal on my oil pan for my other car. It's a 94 Trans Am with an LT1 motor.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Last edited by marz; Jan 13, 2010 at 09:12 AM.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2006
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From: Round Rock Texas
Thanks for the input guys.
Melting Slicks
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Definately a gasket. You can not remove the pan with engine in car. Or at least I could not on a '96 TA. Just lower pan, remove old gasket and install new by taking gasket around outside of pan, it will work. I had to do plenty of work on that car. 
mds...
mds...
Last edited by mds3013; Jan 13, 2010 at 07:32 PM.
Racer
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Glendale AZ
No joke.
Alternativley my pick is Hylomar. It's a gasket sealant that doesn't try so should you have to pull it apart again, you'll actually get it off without scraping.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Round Rock Texas
A got lotsa work ahead of me. Tranny gasket, oil pan gasket, water pump, speed sensor. Who knows what else.
thanks guys.
Le Mans Master
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From: Rockledge FL
normally you just drop the steering arm and the pan will slide right out.
use the one piece permaseal gasket. works great. one shop told me not to use carb cleaner to clean the mating surfaces though because it can mess with the permaseal causing it to slip. brake cleaner was better. no evidence to back up either claim but i figured why take chances.
use the one piece permaseal gasket. works great. one shop told me not to use carb cleaner to clean the mating surfaces though because it can mess with the permaseal causing it to slip. brake cleaner was better. no evidence to back up either claim but i figured why take chances.
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felpro one piece is the way to go bro..
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Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2006
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From: Round Rock Texas
Well, got the tranny pan gasket, speed sensor and oil change done. No way I was going to be able to get to the oil pan gasket. The Y pipe is in the way and some protective steel cage that looked way too complicated to remove...and by that time I was tired. The tranny pan gasket was enough for one day.
Thanks for your help guys.
Thanks for your help guys.
