OK, did up my oil pan Tuesday, and decided to do it "the right way" and go with FIPG and following the 3mm bead recommendation out of the FSM. Torqued it in (going round robin around the pan so it came in evenly) and let it set for about 18 hours. Next day I filled her up with oil, and almost immediately I noticed an oil weep on the driver side, about 2" in front of the oil level sensor. After much cursing I decided to drain the oil again, clean it all up, and try again.
The weird part is I noticed while scraping it out today (4 days post initial application) the FIPG seems "wet" particularly in the hollow areas of the pan...it's more viscous than it was when I applied it, and not really set at all. In the parts where it got smooshed down by the pan mating to the engine housing, it's dry, but only just...like it smears off as much as it flakes off with the plastic razor blade.
Anyway, is this me making some obvious mistake? Is it possible the FIPG I bought (off ebay, been sitting in my garage for about 8 months) somehow went bad? Was my bead just too small? Picture of the FIPG attempt here...
I'm now at the point where stuff is cleaned up and ready to be gasketed again. I'm no pro mechanic, but I have done this task (not on my 80) before with Permatex with no issues. I'm inclined to use the Permatex Ultra Black (and a thicker bead) this time around as that's worked for me in the past...but would love input from the braintrust as to what I might have done wrong.
Thanks!
The weird part is I noticed while scraping it out today (4 days post initial application) the FIPG seems "wet" particularly in the hollow areas of the pan...it's more viscous than it was when I applied it, and not really set at all. In the parts where it got smooshed down by the pan mating to the engine housing, it's dry, but only just...like it smears off as much as it flakes off with the plastic razor blade.
Anyway, is this me making some obvious mistake? Is it possible the FIPG I bought (off ebay, been sitting in my garage for about 8 months) somehow went bad? Was my bead just too small? Picture of the FIPG attempt here...
I'm now at the point where stuff is cleaned up and ready to be gasketed again. I'm no pro mechanic, but I have done this task (not on my 80) before with Permatex with no issues. I'm inclined to use the Permatex Ultra Black (and a thicker bead) this time around as that's worked for me in the past...but would love input from the braintrust as to what I might have done wrong.
Thanks!