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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
I think the gasket is not a very good design (at least the one for the steel oil pan). It has a metal center with a 3-ribbed rubber seal on the inside lip, and a flat rubber seal on the outer lip. The 3-rib rubber seal just hardens over time and looses its compression. I think adding RTV gasket sealer is worth the extra step. The factory doesn't use it because it probably adds a few minutes of time to the engine build and the original seal without RTV gets through the warranty period.
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The gasket for the aluminum pan is the same design.
I agree, it seems like a bad design, so many leaking with relatively few miles seems to prove that.