boostHerWay

Okay so im totally puzzeled on a oil leak that i have going on, i have a greddy turbo on my 06 TC and we have taken the oil pan off its not bent or tweaked in any way, we tried 2 different Seals and what amazes me is that i got the good $hit from the local Toyota Dealer to bring home and try, they put my car up and showed mt that its leaking around the seal that we first placed, so i go home and my fiance' puts the dealership seal on like they said and its effin worse, so now im really furious that its still a issue, we started thinking well maybe mycars running to much boost for the seal but than again theres cars on here running more boost than me and theres no problems with theirs, can you guys give me some input on this please before i take it back up to the dealer

thanks

jrodTc

Are you giving the seal adequate time to dry?

boostHerWay

ya the first time around was for 10hours and the second time when the dealer gave me their sealer was like 14hours and they told me 4 hours would be good enough bc thats how they do it

Mightygnu

Time to bring out more silicone!

318_tC

Silicone works for me?

boostHerWay

seriously?

318_tC

yes mam

boostHerWay

Alright i guess thats my next line of duty, sure the hell hope it works, thank you

garabaldy

Use the Toyota grey silicone that was used when it was assembled. That stuff is awesome.

Mightygnu

Ya, as long as its high temp stuff! the Toyota stuff makes it hard as hell to get the oilpan off!

jrodTc

so i'm confused, she wasn't using silicone before?

boostHerWay

Actually I got the sealer from the dealership that they use for the gasket. That stuff is awesome but I'm starting to think I'm having problems with my oil pan. I got more sealer to try it again bc everyones telling me that this $hit is the best so I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed

Mightygnu

did you make sure you scrapped all the previous stuff off of the pan, and then re applied the sealant.

Joe_Dezod

To throw some more info out there...

In regards to the boost pressure being too high for the pan and possible causing the leak... This can not happen. One thing that's nice is that all oil in the pan is not pressurized. It simply sits there. The oil in your return line from the turbo basically just drips right into the pan.

Take the pan off, and scrape off EVERYTHING. Make it squeaky clean. Use everything you have to make it smooth. Best sealant to use is the Red RTV high-temp sealant that can be found very cheaply at your local Auto Zone or Pep Boys. Apply a somewhat thin, but even bead around the entire perimeter of the pan. Make sure you have at least a 1/4" bead around the entire pan. Too much will not help at all, and only make a mess.

Carefully place the pan back on (without bumping into anything as you install it). It's easy to scrape some off if it touches anything so be careful. If some is scraped off, just lower it back down and fix that spot. Once it's up, through on a couple of thost 10mm bolts. Even try an X pattern so it seats evenly. It's not as neccessary on an oil pan but if you have leaking problems, any extra precautions wont hurt.

That should take care of everything. If you have any other questions let me know.

yamaha16bw

Yup I used the red RTV high temp stuff on my brothers car and my own car on the oil pans and zero leaks.

boostHerWay

Thanks everybody for your inputs and advice, i'll go for round 3 and hope to god it works this time!

LucidBD

....weld it.

318_tC

no...do NOT do this

LucidBD

why not? didnt i read somewhere that if you buy the pre tapped oil pan from ZPI it comes welded?

boostHerWay

im not sure if the welding is necessary, it just doesnt sound right but hell if i know for sure lol