Oil cooler reseal

[FastestIdIinthe707]

Wonder if I should just silicone my oil cooler or use a gasket on it?

 

[junk]

I'd use a gasket. I'm not a big fan of silicone if a gasket is available and recommended.

 

[IDIoit]

dont do it on that piece.
when it leaks, youll be kickin yourself.

 

[Waystro]

My OilCooler was Rtv"d no gasket.
Never leaked.
What color was factory Rtv Tho?

 

[79jasper]

Black or grey.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

 

[riotwarrior]

I myself wojld be extremely hesitant to use RTV. mainly because of the *********** effect and potential for blocki g oil passages into cooler or oil galleys as well after the cooler.

Maybe I need a tinfoil hat but unless I was on deaths door in middle of no where and had no other option NEVER would I do it with RTV.

Having seen oil pump pick up screens and other hydraulic pickups an so forth riddled with rtv berries I do not need to include that tupe of calamity and pote tial for catastrophe in my stuff....

Black Grey Red heck rooster **** pink makes no matter what colour you use...************* have no prejudice

Yer nickle do as you please


JM2CW but *** do I know...heck I do t even use teflon tape either...k thats it...tomorrow I gotta make a tinfoil lid

 

[icanfixall]

Its too late for tin foil now Al...... We got you already micr chipped.
RTV has no place being used as a gasket on these headers. Now are you talking about the header to block gaskets or the rtv to be used instead of the o rings???

 

[79jasper]

Well let's put it this way, when I was resealing my oil cooler, I found rtv ****** berries in the coolant tubes, the oil side, and a lot in my radiator. There wasn't even rtv on the cooler.....

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

 

[Waystro]

Here's my oilcooler it was put on lightly. No leaks or ****** berrys

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

Done more oil cooler rebuilds than I can shake a stick at and have never had one fail yet using just the Felpro gaskets. Never used rtv as a backup or substitute for the gasket.
Clean deburred surface and the gaskets and good to go.

 

[79jasper]

Looking at that pic closer, that's not actual rtv. That's off the gasket.
Looks like anyways.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T337A using Tapatalk

 

[typ4]

DO NOT use rtv as or on the cooler gaskets. It will fail.I could explain but dont have time.

 

[IDIoit]

Looking at that pic closer, that's not actual rtv. That's off the gasket.
Looks like anyways.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T337A using Tapatalk

also looks like some of the gasket material on the left side of the bolt holes...

if that was a RTV job, someone did a crappy job cleaning off the old gasket

 

[79jasper]

Yep. And those lines are too straight if it was rtv by hand. Lol

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T337A using Tapatalk

 

[icanfixall]

What happens when you use rtv on these gaskets is the rtv is slippery and the gaskets can move under clamping pressure. then you have a mees inside and outside the engine. As posted.. The gasket has red sealant already applied from factory. Use it and enjoy. I ALWAYS place the heads of any surface on a flat plate and some 400 wet n dry paper. Rub it a few times and look see for high and low places. Nothing worse than a leak.