Replacing Oil Pan on 1G TSi

sleepydsm · 10-09-2008

A nice bead is all you need. Something I have done myself is lay a bead, and then gently spread it out on the surface of the pan leaving a nice layer, not too thin. And DO NOT get a lot of RTV on the bolts, you can hydrolically lock the bolt and possible screw the threads up more. If some are stripped, try just running a proper tap (M6x1.00 I think) and try threading in a bolt. If it seems to feel good, just let it be then. Might even have to helicoil some of the holes.

CarPsyco84 · 10-09-2008

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Originally Posted by sleepydsm

A nice bead is all you need. Something I have done myself is lay a bead, and then gently spread it out on the surface of the pan leaving a nice layer, not too thin. And DO NOT get a lot of RTV on the bolts, you can hydrolically lock the bolt and possible screw the threads up more. If some are stripped, try just running a proper tap (M6x1.00 I think) and try threading in a bolt. If it seems to feel good, just let it be then. Might even have to helicoil some of the holes.

If the stripped holes are right next to each other your probly going to wanna try to fix them, if their not it "might" not leak.... depends on where it is too, if its on a corner or just the side.