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9/18/17, 07:02 PM
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Somebody put RTV on there probably to seal the bolt to the pan.
It's a gasket maker material that comes in a tube and dries rubbery and makes seals on things like water pumps and oil pans, and some of the manifold to engine block areas.
It is perfectly safe to remove just know that they put it there for a reason. Likely the drain plug leaked round the threads.
It's a gasket maker material that comes in a tube and dries rubbery and makes seals on things like water pumps and oil pans, and some of the manifold to engine block areas.
It is perfectly safe to remove just know that they put it there for a reason. Likely the drain plug leaked round the threads.
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9/18/17, 07:49 PM
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Somebody put RTV on there probably to seal the bolt to the pan.
It's a gasket maker material that comes in a tube and dries rubbery and makes seals on things like water pumps and oil pans, and some of the manifold to engine block areas.
It is perfectly safe to remove just know that they put it there for a reason. Likely the drain plug leaked round the threads.
It's a gasket maker material that comes in a tube and dries rubbery and makes seals on things like water pumps and oil pans, and some of the manifold to engine block areas.
It is perfectly safe to remove just know that they put it there for a reason. Likely the drain plug leaked round the threads.
9/18/17, 08:50 PM
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If you remove the plug and put it back without it and it leaks then in order to apply the rtv you'll have to remove the plug and waste all the oil you just put in.
You could also consider buying a new plug and installing it. The drain plug should have a small rubber ring or gasket of its own. I've had some older cars where this price failed after years of use and probably over tightening it causing it to tear.
Otherwise I would get the black rtv and put it a ring around the seat of the oil pan plug. Not on the threads! The black is better for oils than the blue. Or so I think I've been told.
You could also consider buying a new plug and installing it. The drain plug should have a small rubber ring or gasket of its own. I've had some older cars where this price failed after years of use and probably over tightening it causing it to tear.
Otherwise I would get the black rtv and put it a ring around the seat of the oil pan plug. Not on the threads! The black is better for oils than the blue. Or so I think I've been told.
9/19/17, 04:38 AM
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Get a new drain plug and clean off the RTV, problem should be solved . . . but check for leaks just in case
