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Originally Posted by Hilux
I would use a cork gasket.
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NO. NO. NO. NO!!!
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Originally Posted by Hilux
My truck is an 84
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Exactly. The pre-85 oil pan is DIFFERENT. It uses a cork gasket. Any 22R/RE 85+ uses NO gasket, just FIPG.
I've held both pans in my hand, the sealing surface on the earlier pan is different, it has a raised ridge that "digs" into the gasket. The later pan is the opposite, it has a depressed ridge to hold a valley of FIPG. If you put a cork gasket on a later pan, it may (but not always) leak. This is why you sometimes can't trust what the computers at some of the parts stores tell you. If you went into AutoZone/Pep Boys and told them you needed a pan gasket for a '86 22RE engine, they would hand you a cork one. The dealer will type in your VIN and say "no such thing, you want a tube of this black stuff".