 Sealing Oil Pan Red Permatex Vs. Ultra Grey |
 Aug 7, 2012 - 7:39 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined May 29, '09 From Gainesville, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 17 (100%)  |
Just curious for some insight before I seal these oil pans this evening.
I've purchased high temp red permatex for the oil pans, but I've been reading around to use the Ultra Grey. No one seems to give a good reason behind such, so I figured I'd inquire with you folks. Lets here some reasoning! Please don't say use Toyota FIPG or whatever it is. |
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Aug 7, 2012 - 9:34 AM
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Gray is for high torque applications, red is for high temp, black is for maximum oil resistance, and blue is "sensor safe" I believe. Always buy black or gray, you cant go wrong with either.
Scrub scrub scrub and get every molecule of oil of the gasket mating surfaces. Apply a thin film of RTV/FIPG to the pan and spread it evenly with your finger. Attach the pan and lightly torque it. Let it sit for 12-24 hours then torque the bolts the rest of the way down to specification. I used black RTV on mine, 6000 miles later no leaks. This post has been edited by Special_Edy: Aug 7, 2012 - 9:36 AM |
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Aug 7, 2012 - 9:41 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 29, '09 From Gainesville, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 17 (100%) |
QUOTE (Special_Edy @ Aug 7, 2012 - 10:34 AM)  Gray is for high torque applications, red is for high temp, black is for maximum oil resistance, and blue is "sensor safe" I believe. Always buy black or gray, you cant go wrong with either. Scrub scrub scrub and get every molecule of oil of the gasket mating surfaces. Apply a thin film of RTV/FIPG to the pan and spread it evenly with your finger. Attach the pan and lightly torque it. Let it sit for 12-24 hours then torque the bolts the rest of the way down to specification. I used black RTV on mine, 6000 miles later no leaks. Yea I think i'm going to return these reds, and get grey. It had gray on it before, and not a single leak. Though it appears they went crazy with it. Thankfully it was cured well and didn't appear to get into anything causing damage. Not sure about that spreading with the finger concept, but I'll follow whatever is on the tube. The curing process you mentioned sounds spot on. Darn you FIPG lovers, we could debate how its identical product repackaged with dye, but we won't..not here =) |
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rave2n Sealing Oil Pan Red Permatex Vs. Ultra Grey Aug 7, 2012 - 7:39 AM
Tigawoods Use Toyota FIPG
sorry. had to Aug 7, 2012 - 8:52 AM
rave2n QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Aug 7, 2012 - 8:5... Aug 7, 2012 - 8:52 AM Batman722 QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Aug 7, 2012 - 9:5... Aug 7, 2012 - 9:33 AM
njccmd2002 QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Aug 7, 2012 - 8:5... Aug 8, 2012 - 12:08 AM Smaay QUOTE (Special_Edy @ Aug 7, 2012 - 7... Aug 7, 2012 - 4:10 PM rave2n QUOTE (Smaay @ Aug 7, 2012 - 4:10 PM... Aug 7, 2012 - 4:35 PM trdproven QUOTE (Smaay @ Aug 8, 2012 - 7:10 AM... Aug 7, 2012 - 5:14 PM Special_Edy The going crazy with it is where the finger method... Aug 7, 2012 - 10:04 AM rave2n QUOTE (Special_Edy @ Aug 7, 2012 - 10... Aug 7, 2012 - 3:56 PM Galcobar 6. INSTALL OIL PAN
(a) Remove any old packing (FIP... Aug 7, 2012 - 7:34 PM rave2n Guess we'll find out if I screwed the pooch in... Aug 8, 2012 - 6:35 AM Galcobar Instructions are from the BGB for the second-gen 3... Aug 8, 2012 - 3:58 PM rave2n QUOTE (Galcobar @ Aug 8, 2012 - 4:58... Aug 8, 2012 - 4:47 PM |
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