Originally posted by livinsvt:

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AFter 10 minutes I coated the fitting on the inside of the oil pan with black RTV to insure a positive seal.


RTV on the inside of the oil pan. I would be a little leary bout that. Look out oil pickup . Anyways congarts on the install looks great. Can't wait to see #'s



Leary? Don't be. Its not some huge glob of crap in the oil pan waiting to get sucked in and cause catastrophic failure. It is thin layer surrounding the fitting on the inside of the pan. To put it in perspective I had a crack in my bmw oil pan that split 3 ways from a central point. I drilled a small hole where the 3 cracks met, inserted a screw to create tension and strengthen it, I put super glue on the threads first and also along the hole crack to seal and make it rigid. Then I coated the inside of the pan along the crack and repair with black rtv. That was in 1997 and I just sold the car 5 months ago. Still working perfectly. I inspected the pan when I had to pull it a few years ago for another reason and it was doing just fine.
If you take precautions about cleaning the metal then it will stick very well.

warmonger

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