[Help]97 camry 4 cylinder oil pan gasket?

[derick]

I want to autozone, they do have a gasket. but when I want to toyota dealer, they said it has not gasket on it, it used a seal packagin 102(FIPG) part number:00295-00103.

my question is, what is good way to do?

[ghettosled]

i wouldnt use i gasket. i used high temperature RTV (the red stuff) and it works like a charm! here i am just about 50k miles later and not even a single prop.

[Hajoca]

RTV / FIPG is wonderful stuff.

They come in different chemical resistance, temperature and hardness to suit application.

RTV 103 (formerly made by GE) is a soft (allows thermal expansion) FIPG.

The key is to get the mating surfaces clean - clean - very clean.

You can use any loctite/permatex (or other competetor) FIPG that list oil pan/trans pan for their application.

Grey FIPG that I have seen are stiffer and made especially for valve covers and brearing plugs and the like.

[JohnGD]

The original should be RTV (FIPG). You can use Permatex Ultra Grey.

http://www.permatex.com/products/Aut...sket_Maker.htm

However, traditional cork-rubber gasket is also available. Such as the $7.63 Fel-Pro OS30468C:

http://info.rockauto.com/Fel-Pro/Det...30468C_TOP.jpg

Just make sure surfaces are clean and oil free for both types. Otherwise they're more likely to leak. Personally I'd go with cork-rubber gasket for pans. I RTV water pump paper gaskets.

Originally Posted by derick

I want to autozone, they do have a gasket. but when I want to toyota dealer, they said it has not gasket on it, it used a seal packagin 102(FIPG) part number:00295-00103.

my question is, what is good way to do?

[derick]

Thank you all!

These information are very helpful.

Today, I bought the permatex ultra grey, butwhen I got under the car and look at the oil pan, I getup to do this. The screws are rust very much, unable to take it off.....

and I have to take many parts off before to take off the oil pan

I will post the pictures tomorrow.

Thank you again,

Derick