oil pan gasket

[Spectre_240sx]

I have a few questions on the oil pan gasket. I know the stock setup is a liquid gasket and that's recommended in the nissan manual, but when I requested a gasket kit from autozone I got a cork gasket as well as the two pieces for the ends. I'm thinking I should just go with liquid gasket, but I wanted to check to see what others had done first.

Also, how far should I apply the liquid gasket? I'm guessing it doesn't go as far as the two rubber pieces, but I could be wrong? Thanks in advance

[r34 gtr]

well, i havnt heard of a real gasket for the engine, i would say just go with the liquid one. i just took my ol pan off and it looks like the liquid gasket goes all the way to the little rubber things. hope this helped.

- tim

[SSSCA18DET]

There is no gasket on the sump.

It is a liuid gasket (sealant). There is info on this in the service manual that is floating around the net in PDF format. Head to http://www.nissansilvia.com for heaps of info on the CA and also the silvia in general.

[Spectre_240sx]

I realize there's no gasket from nissan, but I did receive a cork gasket from autozone. I went ahead and sealed it with liquid gasket anyway, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask about the other.

[cortina-mk1]

glue them on with 'Grey max' silicone

[Jezz_s13]

I've always just used $5 clear sanitry silicone, never had a problem.

There is a rubber gasket available though.

Oh, make sure that the mounting face is flat before you put it on, depending on how it was taken off (most likely a chisel and a hammer) it may be bent a bit.

[Spectre_240sx]

I used a really thin putty knife to take it off and it was perfectly flat, besides the beads

[Jezz_s13]

LOL, I use a chisel and lum;p hammer, I've sussed a very effective technique at flattening it again. Also involves a lump hammer, but also a set of feeler gauges and a window.

[float_6969]

Mine came with a cork gasket also. I'm going to put it in this time and see what happens. Last time I just through it out...