I know this topic has been beat to death, but i have a semi-unique situation. I did a bunch of searching on here as far as which oil pan gasket to get, and the consensus was: the regular blue rubber fel-pro ones are to be avoided, the cork ones sold by several vendors seal very good, and the fel-pro PermaDry (with the rigid metal core surrounded by molded rubber or silicone) is a very good choice, can even be reused. I decided to go with the permadry, and got one from my local auto parts store.
Well, when I opened it today to go ahead and install, turns out the PermaDry is their regular floppy molded rubber gasket (the ones to avoid), the one i wanted (with the rigid metal core, etc) is a PermaDry Plus The problem is this: I need my car back up and running by monday (2 days) so I don't have time to wait for a cork one or the correct permadry plus to come in from an online vendor. I'm stuck using the purportedly crappy fel-pro blue rubber gasket.
My question: whats the best way to install this to delay having to replace it with the right one as long as possible? Their instructions specifically say to install it DRY (no chemical sealant). Should I listen to that? I have a can of 'The Right Stuff' which i have heard a LOT of good things about. Should I use just the Right Stuff without the rubber gasket (as i have heard of people doing)? Or should I install the rubber gasket dry? Or should I use the rubber gasket with the right stuff as a sealant (and if so, on one or both sides of the gasket)?
Just looking for opinions and experiences from the experts and those that have been there done that...thanks for the help!!
Well, when I opened it today to go ahead and install, turns out the PermaDry is their regular floppy molded rubber gasket (the ones to avoid), the one i wanted (with the rigid metal core, etc) is a PermaDry Plus The problem is this: I need my car back up and running by monday (2 days) so I don't have time to wait for a cork one or the correct permadry plus to come in from an online vendor. I'm stuck using the purportedly crappy fel-pro blue rubber gasket.
My question: whats the best way to install this to delay having to replace it with the right one as long as possible? Their instructions specifically say to install it DRY (no chemical sealant). Should I listen to that? I have a can of 'The Right Stuff' which i have heard a LOT of good things about. Should I use just the Right Stuff without the rubber gasket (as i have heard of people doing)? Or should I install the rubber gasket dry? Or should I use the rubber gasket with the right stuff as a sealant (and if so, on one or both sides of the gasket)?
Just looking for opinions and experiences from the experts and those that have been there done that...thanks for the help!!