your tips for oil pan/windage tray sealing

[ucdcrush]

I've got 2 milodon crush-proof oil pan gaskets coming, a MP windage tray and stock pan (which i've made sure is flat around the bolt holes).

What is the best way to seal this whole thing up? I was thinking either black RTV around the whole thing (all gasket surfaces), or black RTV only on the gaps by the timing chain cover and rear main seal retainer. the engine is on a stand.

any tips?

[Prodart]

I use contact cement on the block side above my tray. And the cement on the pan rails for the other gasket. It works for me no leaks
and the gasket stays put.
Mark

[73swinger]

The Right Stuff....but not too much. you don't want it to squeeze inwards, the out side you can wipe off or cut off when it dries

[vitamindart]

i use to glue the gaskets to the tray and the a little sealer at the seams and i your concerd about the pan straightness a litle rtv i like the ultra gray

[NYrr496]

Use ARP oil pan studs instead of bolts. Whatever sealer you use, let it set up before you tighten everything down for good. In other words, install the sealant, put everything together and only tighten the nuts onto the studs snug. After it sets up, tighten them down.

[farmington]

I don't use anything.  I do use studs instead of bolts.  Also, take your factory windage tray and open up the slots so they are 2 to 3 times the size as factory.  I use a dremel and a small cut off wheel to cut the sides, then pry them open.

[PureGTS]

Farmington is right; spread the slots bigger. Take a look at the Milidon windage tray slots, they won't have a quarter getting stuck in them like the OEM's will.

  As for how I do it, I use the MP gaskets, not the cork ones from Felpro, and a smear a light coating of Ultra black on each side of the gaskets. I let it set up for at least 24 hrs before sending any oil that way. This means leaving the engine upside down for a day, but I don't get any leaks that way. Besides, Ma Mopar has been putting her transaxles together, without gaskets just RTV, for a while now and they also recommend letting it set for a day before adding oil. I thought they were nuts until I needed a transaxle rebuilt and I did it and those things use ATF not regular oil too.

[ucdcrush]

Thanks for the tips on the slots.

I haven't installed the pan yet. The "indestructable" milodon oil pan gasket somehow ripped at a bolt hole when I was trying to remove it from the package. The milodon ad says "You can't rip it, even if you tried!". I wasn't even trying to rip it and it ripped. So both of them are going back to summit and i'm going to have to get some corkies locally.

[68 HEMI GTS]

toss out the gaskets, run a thin beed of black RTV between your block/tray/pan. you'll never have another leak! tricks from my days as a engine builder.