on my firebird i used little rtv sealant on the whole rubber oilpan gasket...stupid yes...now im leaking on the passengers sidehttps://www.thirdgen.org/forums/images/smilies/go%20crazy.gif
and have to drop the pan....what do you guys think of just using rtv sealant on the pan insted of placeing a **** load of rtv sealant on teh pan and block?

 

how bout not using rtv?

 

try a one piece oil pan gasket, they're pretty much bullet proof.

 

i have a one peace gasket on there currently...but i used a rubber gasket on my timing chain cover too but there is so much oil in the way its hard to see where its all commin from and i only can look at it at night. but the oil starts on the passengers side by the lower raidator hose and continues down underneith the car....im just tryn not to freak out bout everything ive done wrong

 

Do you have a bolt in the upper boss (of 2) located on the front lower passenger corner of the block? Originally it was for the engine mounts in '55-'57, has been left there even after going to side mounts. The upper bolt hole on the passenger side goes to the fuel pump rod bore, and if you don't have a bolt in there, you're going to dribble oil down the front of the engine.

Through '87 at least (nor sure about serp system), those bosses were used for the A.I.R. pump bracket. People who remove A.I.R. often don't realize that a short bolt needs to go back in there to plug the oil path. I put Teflon thread sealant on it myself, just to be sure it didn't leak.

 

no i have no bolt there...hmm ill have to look at that...the block is from a early 70's corvette. but is it located in frount in the corner next to the fuel pump mount?

 

sorry i had to ask that dumb ??. but with the right amount of oil pressure id get a good amount of seepage through the boltholes right?

 

There isn't pressurized oil behind any bolts, but it can wick through over time if you don't use a thread sealer.

 

there arent ne bolts there though ive used thred sealer on all my other bolts tho...i didnt kno that leaving the bolt holes unplugged would cause me harm unplugged so i didnt think about putting ne boltin in them.

 

here is a pic of the engine...i plugged the fuel pump area but i left the bolt holes (shown) without any bolts in them where the smog equip. would go

 

It isn't a pressurized passage, just the oil that drips off the fuel pump lobe and down the rod bore.

It's the upper bolt in your picture. Since you aren't running a mechanical fuel pump, you don't have to worry too much about how long the bolt is.

Thread sealer is insurance, not absolutely necessary.

 

alright ill have to take care of that then. one minor problem down one big one still to figure out lol