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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: westcoaster on April 07, 2010, 04:41:57 pm

Title: oil pan gasket??
Post by: westcoaster on April 07, 2010, 04:41:57 pm: My oil pan gasket is leaking in several spots.

Do I buy a new gasket or goop it up with silicone RTV form a gasket and slap it back together...?

Dumb question but I'm tempted to just silicone the thing. Problem would be if I ever needed to take the pan off again for whatever reason. Cleaning the surfaces would be a PIA...
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: truckinwagen on April 07, 2010, 04:49:05 pm: get a new gasket, RTV has no place as a gasket replacement.

if you can get the rubber gasket do that, then it is reusable.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: GEE-BEE on April 07, 2010, 05:13:27 pm: ANOTHER GASKET THAT SHOULD BE FROM REINFORCED SILICONE ...

I CAN MAKE IT FROM .020 OR .062....

GB
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: rabbitman on April 07, 2010, 09:03:45 pm: Quote from: westcoaster on April 07, 2010, 04:41:57 pm
Do I buy a new gasket or goop it up with silicone RTV form a gasket and slap it back together...?

Most people will hate you for thinking such a thing ;) haha.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: kaneb on April 09, 2010, 08:38:49 am: isn't a oil pan gasket like 15$? Buy a new one. I would upgrade and spend alittle more then the 15 and get a rubber one and say good bye to a leaky pan.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: zagarus on April 09, 2010, 09:06:21 am: or step it up another notch and get a windage tray with the rubber gasket built in :D
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: westcoaster on April 09, 2010, 08:07:08 pm: Quote from: kaneb on April 09, 2010, 08:38:49 am
isn't a oil pan gasket like 15$? Buy a new one. I would upgrade and spend alittle more then the 15 and get a rubber one and say good bye to a leaky pan.

I'm in Canada eh!
Our prices are a little higher than that.... :P

Ok,ok,ok..... I'll set the tube down and go look for a gasket this weekend.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: burn_your_money on April 09, 2010, 08:09:24 pm: I've seen many engines totally ruined by RTV. It's horribly wonderful stuff.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: Runt on April 09, 2010, 10:20:20 pm: Quote from: zagarus on April 09, 2010, 09:06:21 am
or step it up another notch and get a windage tray with the rubber gasket built in :D
Maybe a dumb question, but do these come stock in some application, or are they aftermarket?
What is the application or source?
Thanks
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: mystery3 on April 09, 2010, 10:44:50 pm: I got mine from autohausaz.com here is the link:

http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=3ngpu455a4lvpx55hooed1zv&makeid=800026@VW&modelid=1367737@RABBIT%20PICKUP%20&year=1981&cid=gasket@gasket&gid=5436@Oil%20Pan%20Gasket (http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=3ngpu455a4lvpx55hooed1zv&makeid=800026@VW&modelid=1367737@RABBIT%20PICKUP%20&year=1981&cid=gasket@gasket&gid=5436@Oil%20Pan%20Gasket)

I haven't installed it yet but it looks pretty good for $40.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: burn_your_money on April 10, 2010, 07:29:51 am: They come stock on the AAZ
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: westcoaster on April 10, 2010, 12:08:09 pm: Quote from: burn_your_money on April 10, 2010, 07:29:51 am
They come stock on the AAZ

Forgive me for asking a totally silly question, but I would guess an AAZ is a 1.9td out of a what? 1996 jetta?
(get the windage tray and the rubber gasket all in one right?)

Makes getting one from the parts store a whole lot easier...

Just got back from uap napa. No listing for a rubber gasket for an '87 diesel. They only had cork and thin paper.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: burn_your_money on April 10, 2010, 02:42:24 pm: AAZ is G/J 93-98
P 92-96 (I think)

The rubber gasket is built into the windage tray.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: 410 on April 10, 2010, 04:34:26 pm: Altrom also carries them. That's where I got mine and uap also buys from altrom. The altrom part#037 115 220b will also work at napa. Hope this helps!
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: Smokey Eddy on April 10, 2010, 08:55:01 pm: I bought my oil pan gasket from bestpriceautoparts.com
or is it .ca?

but likewise a windage tray is never a bad idea!
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: fatmobile on April 10, 2010, 11:16:53 pm: To find a rubber oil pan gasket I think I looked for a gasket from a '97 Golf,
2.0 engine.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: truckinwagen on April 10, 2010, 11:19:54 pm: yep, the ABA oil pan and valve cover are re-usable rubber, and fit the diesel without modification.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: burn_your_money on April 11, 2010, 06:02:57 am: You have to change VC studs for the rubber VC gasket though.

On the Oil pan rubber gasket do you need to change anything or does it have reinforcements built in?
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: westcoaster on April 13, 2010, 03:45:15 pm: Quote from: burn_your_money on April 11, 2010, 06:02:57 am
You have to change VC studs for the rubber VC gasket though.

On the Oil pan rubber gasket do you need to change anything or does it have reinforcements built in?

The rubber valve cover gasket could be a good thing... :)
What ou change the studs to? bolts?

Reinforcements on the oil pan gasket? is that to make it stiff rather than floppy?
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: rallydiesel on April 13, 2010, 03:50:28 pm: You don't have to change anything. I have a rubber oil pan gasket on my 1.6. Works great.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: truckinwagen on April 13, 2010, 03:51:01 pm: yeah, you do need to do the studs.

there are studs that dont have a shoulder that work, but I just swapped to allen head bolts.

the rubber oil pan gasket is a direct swap, and it does have reinforcement in it I believe.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: zagarus on April 13, 2010, 03:52:07 pm: get studs from a 2.0l ABA gasser head if you want to convert to a rubber valve cover gasket...They dont have the shoulders like a stock diesel stud has because the gasket has metal spacers built in.
Title: Re: oil pan gasket??
Post by: fatmobile on April 13, 2010, 10:06:50 pm: Long set screws work great,
the allen head makes them easy to install.