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    Recommend oil pan sealant

    in 350Z General

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    When I did mine not long ago I put an even bead around and didnt smear it and made sure I went all around bolt holes then put it on straight away as didnt trust it :lol: My mate was there to help to make sure sump went on as even as possible as we didnt want to loose any sealant by sump hitting or brushing something else

    Yea, that's the tricky bit to put it up withou smearing. Especially with spacer as that makes 2 movable parts. I might use couple of studs to keep it aligned

    I took a razor blade to bottom of block to make sure all the original gunk and stuff had gone to get a flat surface

    We got two studs in each end asap, as soon as we mated with bottom of block you could tell it wanted to slide to the left or right, and as Alex said went round a torqued straight away after hand fitting all bolts,I left mine without oil in and to dry for 3 weeks though just to be sure :lol:

     

    There's always one who takes it too far :lol: :lol: :lol:

    Recommend oil pan sealant

    in 350Z General

    Posted

    When I did mine not long ago I put an even bead around and didnt smear it and made sure I went all around bolt holes then put it on straight away as didnt trust it :lol: My mate was there to help to make sure sump went on as even as possible as we didnt want to loose any sealant by sump hitting or brushing something else

    Yea, that's the tricky bit to put it up withou smearing. Especially with spacer as that makes 2 movable parts. I might use couple of studs to keep it aligned

    Recommend oil pan sealant

    in 350Z General

    Posted

    Make sure the surface is flat also , really easy to bend the sump removing it and if its not flat it wont seal

    Cheers Rich. I did read about it, that it's easy to bend sump. So once I remove it and clean it, I'll check it against flat surface.

     

    Thanks again! :thumbs:

    Recommend oil pan sealant

    in 350Z General

    Posted

    The recommended way and the procedure that I follow is to apply a 5mm bead of RTV all the way round the centre of the sump pan mating surface.

     

    Do not smear with your finger.

     

    The pan should be refitted immediately, bolts torqued up and then left to cure for at least 30 minutes before oil is added.

     

    Hope that this helps.

     

    Alex. :)

    Thanks Alex, much appreciated. And I was gonna leave it overnight without oil, to make sure whole thing is set haha

    Recommend oil pan sealant

    in 350Z General

    Posted · Edited by Vlad

    P.s. How do you guys use it? As read about it and some people say apply some on the pan and leave it for a bit to slightly set and then bolt it to the car or apply and bolt it on straigh away?

    Also some people just make an even bead of it around whole pan and some do same and then smear it around a bit with a finger?

    Last time I did it, I used black RTV, applied even bead all around, left it for 20mins and then bolted it on...obviously that didn't work perfectly :lol:

    Oil Pick Up bolts size?

    in 350Z General

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    I just realised that I never fitted oil pick up spacer when i fitted my oil pan spacer, but always wondered what that aluminum block is for...and while looking at the pictures of the Stillen oil pan I realised what it's for :scare:

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    No doubt I'm either lost 2 bolts that came with it or mixed them up with all bolts.

    Does anyone know what's the size of original bolts? So i can get some sourced before doing the job.

    new_pickup_zpsplg1ndur.jpg

     

     

    Thanks all in advance :)

    Recommend oil pan sealant

    in 350Z General

    Posted

    I have a little, but very annoying, oil leak. I suspect 2 location: bad seal on oil sump plug or bad seal between my oil pan and AEM spacer.

    Done oil change and new filter on saturday, used new washer for the sump plug... but oil leak is still there, which points me more towards bad seal between oil pan and the spacer.

    On my net day off I'll drain all oil again and will remove oil pan and spacer and apply new sealant.

    Here's the question... can anyone recommend a sealant? Or any black RTV will do? Don't really want to do it ever again as doing oil change every week might get expensive :lol:

    Vlad's Supercharged 350Z - pg20 Banzai Mag Feature

    in Member Build Projects

    Posted

    I mean... Me!? Never! :lol:

    Funny he had the same name & a remarkably similar supercharged Zed. :surrender:

     

    But if you say it wasn't you then I guess it wasn't. :teeth:;) ;)

     

    haha may be it was me....may be it's not...who knows :lol:

    I think I've changed my mind now anyway haha worse than a woman!

     

     

    Feels great getting your motor mag featured, though in a past life I only had a two page spread but loved it all the same.

     

    Love your 350z

     

    Thank you! Yea, feels great. I knew about it for months, as photoshoot was back in January i think...but didn't realise how happy I'm gonna be when i actually receive actual magazine :D

     

     

    Well done! Well deserved

    Thanks mate.

    Did see yours at the Fast Show. 1st time I saw it in real life and it looks amazing! Walked around it few times, but couldn't see you. Saying that, I didn't even know what you look like :lol:

     

    i saw yours too

     

    will see if i catch you at japfest

     

    You won't...as I'm not there :lol:

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