oil pan gasket

So I'm having troubles with my oil pan gasket leaking. I was wondering whats the best way of stopping that. When I got the car it was RTVed and leaked. So when I changed the oil I put a factory gasket in and it still ended up leaking. So should I use a factory gasket alone or with RTV or just RTV alone? Help me stop wasting oil!

88civichatch wrote:

So I'm having troubles with my oil pan gasket leaking. I was wondering whats the best way of stopping that. When I got the car it was RTVed and leaked. So when I changed the oil I put a factory gasket in and it still ended up leaking. So should I use a factory gasket alone or with RTV or just RTV alone? Help me stop wasting oil!

what i have done is use the stock rubber gasket. then i also go around the gasket with a very light coat of hondabond. hondabond is hondas rtv. then allow it to dry a day or so before filling the pan again.

see that would be hard for me to do considering mines a daily driver

HONDABOND!!!! let it tack up for about twelves hrs. If you had to you could could wake up an hour earlier and finish the job before work. Mine leaks too I just like wasting oil cause I own LOTS of exxon stock haha.