sutphen 30

theres no sales pitches allowed in tech.give answers .

sutphen 30

I still like the ford stuff better,just seems a bit stronger than the right stuff.

when you go to reseal the pans,make sure those corns of the pan aren't cracked and the pockets made by the cover and rear cap are really clean.goop and go,don't over torque.I like to let the sealant set up for an hour then torque it down.

Black Baja

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It's definitely not a normal silicone. I can't tell you how many times I've had it out with that sealant trying to get a pan off. One instance I had to put my 5' pry bar on it and flexed the hell out of the bar.

sutphen 30

you want scary,how about when its on an aluminum diesel intake,,thought for sure the manifold was gonna crack.seems the GM gray diesel silicone is the same stuff but in a smaller tube for more money,,thats why I use the ford stuff.

ezstriper

funny thing on this, I had a issue with the same gasket, talked to tech at felpro, told me that they do not make that gasket, buy strait from GM, if its leaking there make sure no one hacked up the cover, you have to put cover on 1st, use RTV. also make sure you do not have a block plug or cam plug leaking at rear, these things seal well.

articfriends

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Ive used the gray ones on gen 6 blocks twice in past year, tiny bit of great stuff on corners with no leaks. I assembled 2 other motors (mk4 bbc and a pontiac) with felpro blue one piece, the pontiac leaked everwhere, the bbc i could slide a .015 feeler gauge past gasket into pan so i tore it off before ever running it and just used great stuff on its own, no leaks

14 apache

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Takes a little getting use to doing the front and the rear of the pan. Have to fill the gap. Try to make it tall not to wide and put a wipe on the pan surface there. I have never had a leak.

Panther

I do the same thing. Haven't had a problem yet...

But I bet now that I said it I'm going to have a problem...

Bawana

Anytime I use the blue Fel Pro pan gasket, I cut the front part out where the timing chain cover mates, and build up with Right Stuff. I also apply a bead on the rear and in the corners. The blue fel pro will squeeze out in the front and leak like all heck.I have had no problems at all after doing this way. Some pans are worse then others with that gasket.

Bawana

Its the same concept as doing intake gaskets. You run beads of right stuff in the front and back, and throw away the rubber or cork "china wall" gaskets.