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Oil pan gasket.
Which is the best material to buy when it comes to oil pan gasket on my 88 325is? Cork? Cork/rubber? Rubber? Thanks in advance...
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10-15-2011, 01:33 PM
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Not the cork one, but whatever the other one is made of!
Cork just doesn't work very well, too much compression needed and that drives uneven bolt torque etc. Get one off of here! |
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10-15-2011, 02:38 PM
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Location: Springfield, Missouri
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Cork Gasket
You are right, the cork gasket is not a good way to go..all that work to change the gasket on a 90 325i then it leaks like a sive..a BIG pain, to say the least because of the oil pump in the way of getting the pan off and having to jack the engine up to boot. BMW really messed up on this engine the way they built it, making it that difficult to change the oil pan gasket.
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11-11-2011, 03:53 AM
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I KNOW!!! It has been a couple of months and I havenʻt had time to break into it. Just sitting there. Not trying to be lazy or anything but I really donʻt want to do this job. I never added that while changing the oil couple months ago, I stripped the threads in the pan (not the bolt...unfortunately). I have my parts car which I will have to pull the pan off of as well. Almost got the parts pan off minus a few torx bolts at the tranny. What I really donʻt want to do is mess up my control arms and other suspension parts which I have recently replaced while trying to remove the front suspension to replace an OIL PAN!!!
 Yes... this is the worst design I have come across yet on this otherwise well designed car. wish there was another way...
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11-12-2011, 12:58 PM
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